Physical Chemistry: Quanta, Matter, and Change

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Available January 2014
Physical Chemistry: Quanta, Matter, and Change

Second Edition ©2014

ISBN-10: 1-4641-0874-9
ISBN-13: 978-1-4641-0874-7
Cloth Text, 782 pages

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Authors

• Peter Atkins
  Oxford University
• Julio de Paula
  Lewis and Clark College
• Ron Friedman
  Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Student Friendly Pedagogy

• Mathematical Background sections give students extra help in understanding the rationale of key equations and their step-by-step development
• Notes on Good Practice help students avoid common mistakes by helping them comply with practices established by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry-IUPAC).
• Living Graphs on the Book Companion Site, let students to explore chemical phenomena by seeing the consequences of changing variables.
• Justifications give instructors the option of going deeper into selected mathematical topics.
• Checklists at the end of each Topic recap important concepts and equations.

Emphasizing Problem Solving Skills

• A Brief Illustration showing how to use an equation
• Worked Examples including a Methods section suggesting an approach and a fully worked out solution
• Self-Tests to monitor student progress
• End-of-chapter Discussion questions, Exercises manipulating numerical data, and Problems divided into numerical and theoretical sections
• Online Impact sections tying the material to real-world examples