Atkins' Physical chemistry /
Physical chemistry
Peter Atkins, Fellow of Lincoln College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, Julio de Paula, Professor of Chemistry, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon, USA, James Keeler, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry and Fellow of Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
- International edition
- xxiv, 858 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Includes index. About the Author(s)
Peter Atkins, Fellow of Lincoln College, University of Oxford, Julio de Paula, Professor of Chemistry, Lewis & Clark College, US, and James Keeler, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry at the University of Cambridge and Walters Fellow in Chemistry of Selwyn College, Cambridge
Peter Atkins is a fellow of Lincoln College in the University of Oxford and the author of about seventy books for students and a general audience. His texts are market leaders around the globe. A frequent lecturer in the United States and throughout the world, he has held visiting professorships in France, Israel, Japan, China, and New Zealand. He was the founding chairman of the Committee on Chemistry Education of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and was a member of IUPAC's Physical and Biophysical Chemistry Division. Peter was the 2016 recipient of the American Chemical Society's Grady-Stack Award for science journalism.
Julio de Paula is Professor of Chemistry, Lewis & Clark College. A native of Brazil, Professor de Paula received a B.A. degree in chemistry from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and a Ph.D. in biophysical chemistry from Yale University. His research activities encompass the areas of molecular spectroscopy, biophysical chemistry, and nanoscience. He has taught courses in general chemistry, physical chemistry, biophysical chemistry, instrumental analysis, and writing.
James Keeler is Senior Lecturer in Chemistry at the University of Cambridge, and Walters Fellow in Chemistry of Selwyn College, Cambridge. He took his first degree from the University of Oxford and continued there for doctoral research in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. He is Director of Teaching for undergraduate chemistry, and teaches courses covering a range of topics in physical and theoretical chemistry.
Table of Contents
Prologue Focus 1: The properties of gases Focus 2: The First Law Focus 3: The Second and Third Laws Focus 4: Physical transformations of pure substances Focus 5: Simple mixtures Focus 6: Chemical equilibrium Focus 7: Quantum theory Focus 8: Atomic structure and spectra Focus 9: Molecular structure Focus 10: Molecular symmetry Focus 11: Molecular spectroscopy Focus 12: Magnetic resonance Focus 13: Statistical thermodynamics Focus 14: Molecular interactions Focus 15: Solids Focus 16: Molecules in motion Focus 17: Chemical kinetics Focus 18: Reaction dynamics Focus 19: Processes at solid surfaces Resource section: including extended tables of data
Description
Atkins' Physical Chemistry is widely acknowledged by both students and lecturers around the globe to be the textbook of choice for studying physical chemistry. Now in its eleventh edition, the text has been enhanced with additional learning features and maths support, re-organised into discrete Topics, to make the text more flexible to teach from and more readable for students.
Highly respected and well-established text which evolves with every edition to meet the needs of current students Exceptional mathematical support - including annotated equations, equation checklists, and chemists toolkit sections - enables students to master the maths that underlies physical chemistry The development of problem solving and analytical skills is actively encouraged by frequent worked examples, self-tests, discussion questions, exercises, and problems A range of other learning features, including brief illustrations and key concept checklists are incorporated throughout to aid students in their study of physical chemistry
New to this edition
Significant re-working of the books structure improves digestibility and flexibility; material has been broken down into short 'Topics' which are organised into 'Focus' sections Three questions at the beginning of each topic engage and focus the attention of the reader: 'Why do you need to know this material?', 'What is the key idea?', and 'What do you need to know already? Expanded and redistributed support includes new 'chemist's toolkits' which provide students with succinct reminders of mathematical, physical, and chemical concepts and techniques at the point of use An alternative approach to derivation of equations is used to demonstrate the absolute centrality of mathematics to physical chemistry by bringing the reader to the point where progress can be made only by doing some maths. In this new 'How is that done' approach the reader is brought to a question, then the maths is used to show how it can be answered and progress made Checklists of key concepts at the end of each topic reinforce the main take-home messages from the material just covered End of Topic and Focus problems have been rewritten with the goal of leading the reader to a solution, breaking them down into clear steps and encouraging problem-solving skills