Table of Contents

PrologueFocus 1: GasesFocus 2: The First LawFocus 3: The Second and Third LawsFocus 4: Physical transformations of pure substancesFocus 5: Simple mixturesFocus 6: Chemical equilibriumFocus 7: Introduction to quantum theoryFocus 8: Atomic structure and spectraFocus 9: Molecular structureFocus 10: Molecular symmetryFocus 11: Molecular spectroscopyFocus 12: Magnetic resonanceFocus 13: Statistical thermodynamicsFocus 14: Molecular interactionsFocus 15: SolidsFocus 16: LiquidsFocus 17: Chemical kineticsFocus 18: Reaction dynamicsFocus 19: Processes on surfaceResource section: including extended tables of data

About the Author

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.

Reviews

I like the division of the material into shorter "chapters". This helps to navigate through the material and break it up into "lecture-size" bites. This is a comprehensive and well-organised textbook that covers all the core physical chemistry. It is attractively presented with excellent online resources and makes a major effort to guide the student carefully through the more demanding mathematics and derivations.
*Professor Eleanor Campbell, Edinburgh University*

Once again the authors have succeeded in improving on the already very high standard of the previous edition.
*Matthew Ryder, student, Heriot-Watt University*

I really like the new approach. I like the checklist of concepts and the overarching "why you need to know this material" pointers at the start of each chapter.
*Dr Darren Walsh, University of Nottingham*

I have used this book for more than 30 years. It is the best textbook of physical chemistry for year 2 and year 3 students in physical science departments, and for their teachers. I also use this textbook as reference book for teaching other courses and even for my research.
*Wuzong Zhou, St Andrews University*