Preface
1: Matter from the inside
2: Matter from the outside
3: Bridging matter
4: States of matter
5: Changing the state of matter
6: Changing the identity of matter
7: Investigating matter
Further reading
Index
Peter Atkins is the author of about 70 books, including the
world-renowned and widely used Physical Chemistry, now in its 10th
edition [in Jan 2014] and is the winner of the 2016 Grady-Stack
award for science journalism. After graduating from the University
of Leicester and a post-doctoral year in the University of
California, Los Angeles, he returned to Oxford in 1965 as Fellow of
Lincoln College and University Lecturer (later Professor) in
physical
chemistry. He retired in 2007, but continues to write and lecture
worldwide.
The collection A Very Short Introduction from Oxford University
Press is directed to people who want a stimulating and accessible
way into a new subject. From this perspective, Peter Atkins has
successfully met the collection's goal. In his characteristic clear
style, he walks us through a short but rather interesting journey
through the core ideas that form the conceptual infrastructure of
physical chemistry. This intellectual trip takes the reader through
different levels at which physicochemical models describe, explain,
and predict the structure and properties of matter. From the
subatomic world to the macroscopic scale; from single-particle to
multi-particle systems; from the theoretical realm to the
experimental setting.
*Science & Education*
[Physical Chemistry: A Very Short Introduction] is carefully
written and captures the breadth of the subject.
*Chemistry World*
An exemplary book, both for those who, like me, want to refresh and
modernize his obsolete knowledge, and for those (students, pupils)
whom you will introduce into this fascinating subject. Without any
reserve: cordially recommended!
*Hans Bouma, NVOX*
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