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Winner of a 2005 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book Award Molecular symmetry (MS) is an easily applied tool for understanding and predicting many of the properties of molecules. Traditionally, students are taught MS using point groups derived from the equilibrium geometry of the molecule. However, the true basis for MS is not geometrical symmetry. Fundamentals of Molecular Symmetry shows how to set up symmetry groups for molecules using more fundamental ideas. It is no more difficult than doing it using MS, and one obtains MS groups. The book provides an introductory description of MS and quantum mechanics to show how MS is to be understood and used. The approach taken gives a balanced account of both types of symmetry group. Point group symmetry is derived by approximation from MS group symmetry. Usually the point group is only useful for isolated, nonrotating molecules, executing small amplitude vibrations in isolated electronic states. However, for the chemical physicist or physical chemist who wishes to go beyond these limitations, the MS group is almost always required.
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Interest in the theory of relativistic particles with arbitrary spins is increasing. One of the reasons is that SUSY models require superpartners, i.e. additional fields of particles with higher spins. In particular, it is important to take into account particle with spin 3/2 - gravitino which appears in cosmological models based on supergravity and in the theory of inflation of the universe.
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It's really not a bad idea. Adele Lang joins the throng of post-Bridget Jones novelists with Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber, a fictional diary by Katya Livingstone, an advertising copywriter-turned-journalist who is, in short, a nasty piece of work. Katya has never met a friend she didn't stab in the back, a boss she didn't take advantage of, or a man whose net worth she didn't appraise in five seconds flat. Most of Ms. Jones's offspring are dear, dewy, put-upon creatures. Sure, they crack wise, but mostly they seem to mope around hoping for Mr. Right to happen upon them. The idea of a vile anti-heroine out to screw the world before it screws her has a certain appeal. Unfortunately, Lang's reach has exceeded her grasp, and the result is far from heavenly. The book veers wildly in tone. We never know quite how we're supposed to feel about Katya: Should we despise her? Admire her for her chutzpah? Or just shut the book in frustration? Meanwhile, sloppy grammar and unfunny jokes topple this tenuous house of cards. --Claire Dederer
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Bitingly written with wit and style reminiscent of Candace Bushnell, Adle Lang's novel is a cutting, bitchy, hilarious take on the young-single-woman genre. When weasel-eyed tax inspectors question her claims, Katya is forced to keep a financial diary. As well as documenting the cruel and parsimonious ways of her ad agency boss, Katya waxes lyrical about putting up with loser friends, mortal enemies, and thoroughly bad restaurants. She also throws in a candid account of her love life, in case it is tax deductible. A private account of expenses rapidly becomes, through Katya's chronic delusions of grandeur, a matter of public record: first as a tawdry gossip column, then as a salacious book, and finally as a Hollywood B-movie.
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I love this book!.......2007-08-29
"Confessions" is one of my absolute favorite books and I have read it multiple times. I get a tickle out of the people who hated the book. The complaints all seem to stem from the fact that there was not a single deep moment, or any kind of introspection, no one grew as a person and the vile main character recieved no real comeuppance.
That is the point! From the first chapter its clear we are dealing with someone who wouldn't know she'd recieved her comeuppance even if you explained it to her. She -in point of fact- was humilated by the end of the book, but she was far too self-involved and egotistical to see it as such. The books humor comes from the idea that Katya is completely devoid of introspection and empathy. This frees her from any guilt or shame she should have over her behavior. Katya is free to behave as badly and as meanly as she wants, which is great fun for this reader.
I love dark comedies where the good guys don't always win and the bad guys REVEL in their badness. If you like those kinds of stories, you will LOVE this book. If you are looking for redemption in a character the title refers to as "sociopathic", this book is not for you.
If only there was a ZERO star!.......2007-01-15
This may be one of the worst books I have read in years. I don't expect much from chick-lit -- it's a good way to pass an afternoon with no drain on the brain. This book was just insultingly stupid. Why the author (let alone the publisher) thought this drivel was worth killing trees is beyond me. If you want to read the boring diary of a self-centered egotistical whiner, this may be the book for you, everyone else take a pass!
The Anti-Bridget Jones.......2006-11-08
This is one of my favorite books. It's hysterical. Katya Livingston is both the protagonist and the antagonist at once. If you like British humor you will especially enjoy it.
Some crass fun, but a seriously flawed humorous novel.......2006-02-12
If you want to thrill vicariously to the wicked thoughts of a caricature shallow English career woman, this book has some good chuckles. Men are humiliated, women rivals are defeated, friends and family are exploited and cast aside, cute little animals are thoughtlessly murdered, and all business contacts are left to wallow in failure.
The trouble is the thing has no plot, none of the characters are remotely sympathetic or believable, and it's just too darned long. As a result, it's funny enough for the first few chapters, but there's a point where you realize it's just going to meander and repeat similar gags forever. Even if you like this sort of crass humor, you look to see how much longer you have to go and wonder if you should bother to finish it. Would have been great as a short story or novelette.
Funny, Fluffy, Mean-Spirited, Goofy.......2005-09-26
This is cheesy light reading and it doesn't try to pretend it's anything else. In my view that makes it even more likable. This is a comedic record of the life of a deeply flawed, fantasy-prone, sociopathic woman in the business world whose ambition and willingness to do anything, sell out any friend, rival or co-worker, flatter any boss or hatch any plot to get ahead is the darkly funny antidote to the increasingly silly misadventures of a certain diarist named Jones. Should I be ashamed to admit I read this because Kelly Ripa said it was her favorite book ever? Ha, I don't care, cause this little novel made me laugh!
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Confessions of a Social Climber
Solomon Downe , and
Downe Solomon
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Jesse Garnet is a young man on the make. He fast-talks his way into becoming chief-of-staff for Howard Brockaway, the sybaritic Senator from New York. He makes himself indispensable to favor-seeking magnates, including the founder of an international hamburger franchise. Jesse's life would be a romp but for his shadowy personal history. At five, his parents and sister were killed in Israel under mysterious circumstances.
Raised in Brooklyn by his Zionist grandparents, Jesse grows up sheltered from the byzantine politics that destroyed his family. But his strange encounters with his great-uncle Otto threaten to undermine his upward climb into elite Washington.
A satire on contemporary American politics, Confessions of a Social Climber is also a story about the power of personal and group identity.
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Loved this book.......2006-10-26
When i first purchased the book "The Rise and Fall of a 10th Grade Social Climber" i got it because of the cover. At first i thought the book was slow and boring until i got to the middle of it. Mim's desire to become one of the popular girls at the Baldwin school drives her to do many crazy things. She gets a fake id, tries pot and cigarets, goes to trump tower and her friendship with her childhood best friend is tested. She also keeps a diary to write about the popular girls in. She learns that writing about your friends is never a good thing. This book tought me to always be honest and true to your friends because in the end, your true friends will stick by your side.
looooved it..........2006-08-11
I graduated from highschool quite a while ago, but this book was a very, very fun read. Mimi has that perfect mix of insecurity and confidence that creates an engaging main character, and allows for the development of poignant relationships with the people surrounding her. By the fifth page, I wanted to meet her. By the last page, I wanted to be her friend. I highly recommend this book!
Does cliche-angsty sophomore really learn lessons?.......2006-06-19
That was my question when I finished this novel about a 10th grade girl who makes a bet with her old childhood friend to see whether or not she can break into the "Coolies" (what a lame name) at her new liberal arts school in New York. She seems to succeed in busting into their group, meanwhile discovering that there's more to them than their stereotypical characterizations. However, throughout the book she snubs a girl who appears to be "cool" but really isn't compared to her chic new bohemian friends. Even when the not-cool girl finds out about her transgressions, she still accepts her and attempts to befriend her. Mimi, the main character, uses her to fill up space in her empty life when her secret is exposed but in the end, when her friends give her another chance, she blows off this girl once again for the more desirable "Coolies." So while the reader is supposed to understand that Mimi is repentant and her friends are understanding, I think Mimi has a long way to go character-wise in her dealings with the people that she deems not worthy.
Brilliant Debut Novel.......2006-05-30
I'm twice the age of the target audience (and male) but I devoured this in a single sitting. Best debut since Goodbye Columbus. I forever have a window into the soul of the teenage female (and i like the view!). Laughed so loud I disturbed my Brooklyn neighbors. It's the antidote to "Kids". Highly recommended for all ages and genders!
Good.......2006-05-24
If you like the Gossip Girl Series, then you will love this book.
MimiDeals with being the new kid at her new school in New York after her parents get divorced and she moves from Texas to live with her father. Follow her on her journey as she gets picked up dropped and picked up by the "A list" girls in the tenth grade.
Like I said, its similar to Gossip Girls, both are great reads for girls in thier mid to upper teens.
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