Molecular dynamics was also the first counterexample I was thinking of.
So physical chemistry textbooks will talk about the MD code but NOT talk about the subtle detailed aspects of interacting methanol molecules that distinguish a −98°C freezing point from −96.
Using heuristics here get’s easier though if you require less precision. I actually think that textbook could totally be written. Maybe not for why it is −98 rather than −96, but different heuristics and knowing the boiling points of other molecules should get you quite far (Maybe why it is −98 rather than −108). I would absolutely read that textbook.
Molecular dynamics was also the first counterexample I was thinking of.
Using heuristics here get’s easier though if you require less precision. I actually think that textbook could totally be written. Maybe not for why it is −98 rather than −96, but different heuristics and knowing the boiling points of other molecules should get you quite far (Maybe why it is −98 rather than −108). I would absolutely read that textbook.