Physical BioChemistry: BCHM 485

Spring 2025

Class meets TuTh at 9:30 am in PHYS2122
Professor: David Fushman
Office Hours (tentative): Thursdays, 5 - 6:30 pm (via zoom)
E-mail: fushman@umd.edu

Syllabus

Textbooks

Required:
Physical Chemistry: Quantum Chemistry & Spectroscopy by Thomas Engel & Philip Reid, 4th edition
Physical Chemistry: Thermodynamics, Statistical Thermodynamics, and Kinetics by Thomas Engel & Philip Reid
(The Thermodynamics textbook that you might still have from the CHEM481 course.)
Recommended:
Atkin's Physical Chemistry by Peter Atkins, Julio de Paula, James Keeler, Vol.2 Quantum Chemistry, Spectroscopy, and Statistical Thermodynamics;
Physical Chemistry with Applications to the Life Sciences by David Eisenberg and Donald Crothers;
Principles of Physical Biochemistry by van Holde, Johnson & Ho;
Molecular Driving Forces by Dill & Bromberg;
Biophysical Chemistry by Cantor & Schimmel.
 
Assignments:
Reading and problems assignments are either from Quantum Chemistry & Spectroscopy [QCS] or from Thermodynamics, Statistical Thermodynamics, and Kinetics [TSK]
Date Reading Problems Q&A
before 01/28 Prepare yourself for the course. The relevant information can be found here.  Pepare yourself for the course. The relevant information can be found here.   
Exam # 1: Exam # 2: Final Exam:
Statistics Statistics Statistics
Solutions Solutions Solutions
     

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