Physical Chemistry

Description

Physical Chemistry: Quanta, Matter, and Change 2nd edition takes an innovative molecular approach to the teaching of physical chemistry. The distinguished author team presents the subject in a rigorous but accessible manner, allowing students to gain a thorough understanding of physical chemistry.

• Innovative quantum mechanics-first approach to the subject of physical chemistry.
• Experienced and well-respected authors present the subject in a clear and comprehensive manner.
• Numerous full-colour diagrams and structures illustrate the text.
• Extensive mathematics support for students, including 'Mathematical Background' sections and 'Chemist's Toolkits'.
• Numerous learning features designed specifically to support students such as worked examples, exercises and problem questions, notes on good practice, example boxes, and online 'impact on' sections.

New to this edition

• Radically updated structure to help improve digestibility and flexibility of use, in which material is broken down into short 'topics' which are organised into 'focus on' sections.
• Significantly enhanced mathematics support for students such as new chemist's toolkit boxes, equation tags, and end of topic equation checklists.
• New 'roadmaps' at the beginning of each Focus show how topics are interrelated, helping students to develop a fuller understanding of the subject as a whole.

About the Author(s)

Peter Atkins, Fellow of Lincoln College, University of Oxford, Julio de Paula, Professor of Chemistry, Lewis & Clark College, and Ronald Friedman, Professor and Chair of Chemistry Department, Indiana University, Purdue University Fort Wayne

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.

Ronald Friedman is Professor and Chair of the Chemistry Department at Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne. He received a B.S. in chemistry from the University of Virginia, a Ph.D. in chemistry from Harvard University, and did postdoctoral work at the University of Minnesota. He teaches general chemistry and physical chemistry at IPFW and has also taught at the University of Michigan and at the Technion (Israel). His research interests are theories of reaction dynamics.

Table of Contents

Focus 1: Foundations
Mathematical background 1: Differentiation and integration
Focus 2: The principles of quantum mechanics
Mathematical background 2: Differential equations
Focus 3: The quantum mechanics of motion
Mathematical background 3: Complex numbers
Focus 4: Approximation methods
Focus 5: Atomic structure and spectra
Mathematical background 4: Vectors
Focus 6: Molecular structure
Mathematical background 5: Matrices
Focus 7: Molecular symmetry
Focus 8: Interactions
Mathematical background 6: Fourier transforms
Focus 9: Molecular spectroscopy
Focus 10: Magnetic resonance
Focus 11: Statistical thermodynamics
Mathematical background 7: probability theory
Focus 12: The First Law of thermodynamics
Mathematical background 8: Multivariate calculus
Focus 13: The Second and Third Laws of thermodynamics
Focus 14: Physical equilibria
Focus 15: Chemical equilibria
Focus 16: Molecular motion
Focus 17: Chemical kinetics
Focus 18: Reaction dynamics
Focus 19: Processes in fluid systems
Focus 20: Processes on solid surfaces
Resource section

Reviews

I like the book very much. It is clear, concise and pitched at just the right level. - Dr Simon T. Banks, University College London

By breaking the text up into 'topics' it is much easier to digest the background material required for more complex chemical subjects, which should be a useful aid for tutors and students - Dr Grant Hill, University of Glasgow

The use of conceptual maps to relate the different topics is a very good idea - Dr Carlos Vázquez-Vázquez, University of Santiago de Compostela

Additional Resources

The Online Resource Centre features:

For registered adopters of the book:
· Figures and tables of data from the book, ready to download.
· Instructor's Solutions Manual

For students:
· Web links to a range of additional physical chemistry resources on the internet.
· Group theory tables, available for downloading.
· Living Graphs
· Molecular modelling problems
· Impact sections linked to via QR codes in the text