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Informationen zum Autor Peter Atkins is a fellow of Lincoln College in the University of Oxford and the author of more than sixty 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. Klappentext Atkins' Physical Chemistry epitomises the benchmark of achievement for a chemistry degree throughout the world. Its broad coverage! concise explanations! and robust mathematical support are clearly presented in an engaging style to furnish students with a solid foundation in the subject. Inhaltsverzeichnis Fundamentals; PART 1. EQUILIBRIUM; 1. The properties of gases; 2. The first law; 3. The second law; 4. Physical transformations of pure substances; 5. Simple mixtures; 6. Chemical equilibrium; PART 2. STRUCTURE; 7. Quantum theory: introduction and principles; 8. Quantum theory: techniques and applications; 9. Atomic structure and atomic spectra; 10. Molecular structure; 11. Molecular symmetry; 12. Molecular spectroscopy 1: rotational and vibrational spectra; 13. Molecular spectroscopy 2: electronic transitions; 14. Molecular spectroscopy 3: magnetic resonance; 15. Statistical thermodynamics 1: the concepts; 16. Statistical thermodynamics 2: applications; 17. Molecular interactions; 18. Materials 1: soft matter; 19. Materials 2: solids; PART 3. CHANGE; 20. Molecules in motion; 21. The rates of chemical reactions; 22. Reaction dynamics; 23. Catalysis; Resource section