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Title: Physical Chemistry by P. W. Atkins ISBN: 0-7167-2402-2 Publisher: W.H. Freeman & Company Pub. Date: 01 February, 1994 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $75.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.58 (60 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent and efficient textbook
Comment: I have read the other reviews and I believe that the students who rate this book poorly are mistaking their inability to grasp physical chemistry with a poor textbook. The textbook is excellent and any good professor can teach physical chemistry from it. It is well organized, starting with some basic thermodynamics background and moving to more complicated thermo. The next section is kinetics, which is also presented not nearly as well as the thermo, but Atkins does a good job nonetheless. Spectroscopy and statistical mechanics come next and although they are not simple to understand, Atkins is concise in his presentation. The remainder of the book is additional material which may or may not be covered in a physical chemistry course. What should also be noted are the appendices at the end. Atkins includes very helpful supplemental material in mathematics which is needed for the thermodynamics discussion. The tables are somewhat lacking, but any good reference book can supplement this information. Overall, I would say the book is well worth the money and I have yet to see another physical chemistry text which contains as much information as well presented as it is.
Rating: 2
Summary: You could find a better physical chemistry text elsewhere
Comment: Out of curiosity, I have read some of the reviews on this book and the first thing that came to my attention was how a couple reviewers mentioned that they believe that those who give bad reviews simply had a hard time with the subject matter. I, however, must disagree. When I took two semesters of physical chemistry last year I had absolutely no trouble with the subject matter. I had seen most of it in my previous physics classes, and I found the math and derivations rather simple (I'm a math major and a physics major). Yet, I still believe that this is by far not the best science text I have ever read. I believe that this text (as with most chemistry books that I have read) could be far more concise. My biggest problem, was the lack of SIMPLE explanation. What I mean by that statement, is that in many instances there is little to no explanation of what the variables in each equation represent, and when the meaning of each variable is explained, the book is so long winded, that by the time one reaches the equation, they've forgotten what they were told the variables did represent.How can anyone understand an explanation when they're not told what values are being spoke of? For those who already know the subject matter, this little fact can be easily overlooked, but for those trying to learn physical chemistry nothing could be worse. Also, this book seems to lack mathematical rigor. Many equations are derived using a lot of hand waving. Why even bother? If the author is not going to offer a completely rigorous derivation, then he should just give a simple English explanation. On, the good side, I think that the book is well organized and has enough illustrations to guide the student through the basic theory, and concepts.
Rating: 5
Summary: Not for AMATEUR
Comment: Professor Atkins wrote an excelent text about Physical Chemistry, covering the areas of this subjetc being extremely rigorous in the concepts and in the math explanations. In this book you will find Thermodynamics (First and Second Laws), Kinetic Chemistry, Kinetic-Molecular Theory of Gases, Equilibrium, Solids, Liquids, Solutions, Kinetic of Complex Reactions, Molecular Simetry, Molecular Struture, Electrochemical Systems, Quantum Mechanics (a very important subject that every student should know), Spectroscopy and many other things. I am really disappointed to define this book with 20, or 30 words. It's a really complex book, and it is for someone who wants to travel in the exciting world of Chemistry, to study and learn the truth about this science. You won't learn Physics or Chemistry without knowing, before, Derivatives, Integrals (Calculus), Linear Algebra. Phisycal Chemistry has an appendix (with bibliography) to cover this subjects in order to become clear the text. If you are an amateur, do not buy this book. I think that amateurs shouldn't send their comments to here: "Oh, it's difficult to read and understand..." ---> You should study before to read a book written by a member of the Division of Physical Chemistry of IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry), instead of sending insignificant comments to here. I am fighting with this book, and if you buy it, you'll too.
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Title: Student's Solutions Manual for Physical Chemistry by P. W. Atkins ISBN: 0716743884 Publisher: W H Freeman & Co Pub. Date: 01 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $45.45 |
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Title: Physical Chemistry by Gilbert William Castellan ISBN: 0201103869 Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 January, 1983 List Price(USD): $76.00 |
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Title: Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering by Warren McCabe, Julian Smith, Peter Harriott ISBN: 0070393664 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Pub. Date: 22 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $144.85 |
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Title: Principles of Instrumental Analysis by Douglas A. Skoog, Timothy A. Nieman ISBN: 0030020786 Publisher: Brooks Cole Pub. Date: 03 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $140.95 |
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Title: The Physical Chemistry Problem Solver: A Complete Solution Guide to Any Textbook (Rea's Problem Solvers) by M. Fogiel ISBN: 087891532X Publisher: Research & Education Association Pub. Date: 01 December, 1992 List Price(USD): $30.95 |
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