96 Best Physical Chemistry Books of All Time

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What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions book cover1

What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

Randall Munroe

5.0
Randall Munroe left NASA in 2005 to start up his hugely popular site XKCD 'a web comic of romance, sarcasm, math and language' which offers a witty take on the world of science and geeks. It now has 600,000 to a million page hits daily. Every now and then, Munroe would get emails asking him to arbitrate a science debate. 'My friend and I were arguing about what would happen if a bullet got struck
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Physical Chemistry

Peter Atkins, Julio de Paula

4.7
With its modern emphasis on the molecular view of physical chemistry, its wealth of contemporary applications (in the new "Impact on" features), vivid full-color presentation, and dynamic new media tools, the thoroughly revised new edition is again the most modern, most effective full-length textbook available for the physical chemistry classroom.

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Problems and Solutions to Accompany McQuarrie and Simon's Physical Chemistry

Heather Cox, Donald A. McQuarrie, et al.

4.6
Dr. Sebi Approved Herbs: Cleanse, Heal and Revitalize Your Body With Dr. Sebi Herbs by Adopting an Alkaline Diet through Dr. Sebi book cover4

Dr. Sebi Approved Herbs: Cleanse, Heal and Revitalize Your Body With Dr. Sebi Herbs by Adopting an Alkaline Diet through Dr. Sebi

Carin C. Hendry

4.5
DR. SEBI HERBS Do you want to heal and revitalize your body with natural herbs?Have you always wanted to know more about Dr. Sebi's herbs and his unique approach to healing through natural alkaline diets?Then, you are welcome to read further...Dr. Sebi until his death was an herbalist, pathologist, biochemist, and naturalist. He personally researched and identified herbs in North America, Central
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Modern Physical Organic Chemistry

Eric V. Anslyn, Dennis A. Dougherty

4.5
This modern textbook makes explicit the many connections between physical organic chemistry and critical fields such as organometallic chemistrry, materials chemistry, bioorganic chemistry, and biochemistry. In the latter part of the 20th century, the field of physical organic chemistry went through dramatic changes, with an increased emphasis on noncovalent interactions and their roles in molecul
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Basic Physical Chemistry Calculations

H E Avery, Duncan J Shaw

4.5
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Atkins' Physical Chemistry 11E

Peter Atkins, Julio de Paula, James Keeler

4.5
Atkins' Physical Chemistry is widely acknowledged by both students and instructors around the globe to be the textbook of choice for studying physical chemistry. The eleventh edition has been enhanced with additional learning features and math support, and reorganized into discrete Topics, to make the text more flexible for teachers and more readable for students.

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Physical Chemistry: Vol-Ii book cover8

Physical Chemistry: Vol-Ii

Peter Atkins and Julio de Paula

4.5
The Science of Black Hair: A Comprehensive Guide to Textured Hair Care book cover9

The Science of Black Hair: A Comprehensive Guide to Textured Hair Care

Audrey Davis-Sivasothy

4.5
Are you ready to stop battling your hair? Win the war against breakage. Forever. The Science of Black Hair: A Comprehensive Guide to Textured Hair Care combines research with testimony in an authoritative reference text dedicated to the care of black hair- relaxed or natural. This powerful book introduces readers to a comprehensive healthy hair care strategy for achieving beautifully radiant hair
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Physical Chemistry: A Molecular Approach

Donald A. McQuarrie, John D. Simon

4.5
This book features a new approach to the teaching of undergraduate physical chemistry. It covers all relevant areas, including molecular spectroscopy, electronic structure computations, molecular beam methods and time-resolved measurements of chemical systems.
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Principles of Physical Chemistry

Lionel M. Raff

4.5
This accessible volume with 1500 exercises, problems and examples is designed to bring students to a functional level of literacy in the use, practice, appreciation and execution of physical chemistry principles and methods. The text presents theories and equations, and seeks to teach students how to think, how to use principles to properly treat a wide variety of systems, and how to obtain the eq
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Structure Determination of Organic Compounds: Tables of Spectral Data

Ernö Pretsch

4.5
The ongoing success of the earlier versions of this book motivated us to prepare a new edition. While modern techniques of nuclear magnetic resonance spectr- copy and mass spectrometry have changed the ways of data acquisition and greatly extended the capabilities of these methods, the basic parameters, such as chemical shifts, coupling constants, and fragmentation pathways remain the same. Howeve
Chemical Structure and Reactivity: An Integrated Approach book cover13

Chemical Structure and Reactivity: An Integrated Approach

James Keeler

4.5
Why do certain substances react together in the way that they do? What determines the shape of molecules? And how can we predict whether a particular reaction will happen at all?

Such questions lie at the heart of chemistry - the science of understanding the composition of substances, their reactions, and properties. Though introductory chemistry is often broken into three sections-inorganic, organ
The Chemistry of Explosives book cover14

The Chemistry of Explosives

Jacqueline Akhavan

4.4
The third edition of this popular book has been fully revised and updated and outlines the basic principles needed to understand the mechanism of explosions by chemical explosives. The history, theory and chemical types of explosives are introduced, providing the reader with information on the physical parameters of primary and secondary explosives. Thermodynamics, enthalpy, free energy and gas eq
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Classics in Total Synthesis: Targets, Strategies, Methods

K. C. Nicolaou

4.4
K.C. Nicolaou - Winner of the Nemitsas Prize 2014 in Chemistry

This book is a must for every synthetic chemist. With didactic skill and clarity, K. C. Nicolaou and E. Sorensen present the most remarkable and ingenious total syntheses from outstanding synthetic organic chemists.

To make the complex strategies more accessible, especially to the novice, each total synthesis is analyzed retrosynthetical
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Physical Chemistry

Gilbert William Castellan

4.4
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Student Solutions Manual for Physical Chemistry

Charles Trapp, Carmen Giunta, et al.

4.4
Contains complete worked-out solutions for all "B" exercises and half of the end-of-chapter problems.
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Physical Chemistry Solutions Manual

Robert J. Silbey, Robert A. Alberty, et al.

4.4
Ever since Physical Chemistry was first published in 1913 (then titled Outlines of Theoretical Chemistry, by Frederick Getman), it has remained a highly effective and relevant learning tool thanks to the efforts of physical chemists from all over the world. Each new edition has benefited from their suggestions and expert advice. The result of this remarkable tradition is now in your hands. Now re
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Demystifying Explosives: Concepts in High Energy Materials

Sethuramasharma Venugopalan

4.4
Demystifying Explosives: Concepts in High Energy Materials explains the basic concepts of and the science behind the entire spectrum of high energy materials (HEMs) and gives a broad perspective about all types of HEMs and their interrelationships. Demystifying Explosives covers topics ranging from explosives, deflagration, detonation, and pyrotechnics to safety and security aspects of HEMS, look
Mathematics for Physical Chemistry: Opening Doors book cover20

Mathematics for Physical Chemistry: Opening Doors

Donald A. McQuarrie and Mervin Hansen

4.4
Donald A. McQuarrie provides a quick review of the mathematical methods that are used throughout chemistry. The text is also ideal as a supplement with any traditional textbook on physical or quantum chemistry.
Study Guide with Selected Solutions for Stoker's General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, 7th book cover21

Study Guide with Selected Solutions for Stoker's General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, 7th

H. Stephen Stoker

4.4
The perfect way to prepare for exams, build problem-solving skills, and get the grade you want! This useful resource reinforces skills with activities and practice problems for each chapter. After completing the end-of-chapter exercises, you can check your answers for the odd-numbered questions.
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Chemical Kinetics: From Molecular Structure to Chemical Reactivity

Luis Arnaut

4.4
Chemical Kinetics bridges the gap between beginner and specialist with a path that leads the reader from the phenomenological approach to the rates of chemical reactions to the state-of-the-art calculation of the rate constants of the most prevalent reactions: atom transfers, catalysis, proton transfers, substitution reactions, energy transfers and electron transfers. For the beginner provides the
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General Chemistry

Linus Pauling

4.4
When it was first published, this first-year chemistry text revolutionized the teaching of chemistry by presenting it in terms of unifying principles instead of as a body of unrelated facts. Those principles included modern theories of atomic and molecular structure, quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics and thermodynamics. In addition, Dr. Pauling attempted to correlate the theories with descr
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Physical Chemistry

Walter John Moore

4.4
Science Notebook: 110 Blank and Lined pages, Large (8.5 x 11) inches and White Paper book cover25

Science Notebook: 110 Blank and Lined pages, Large (8.5 x 11) inches and White Paper

Science and Math Books

4.4
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Quantum Chemistry

Donald A. McQuarrie

4.4
This text is a bargain in more ways than one. Journal of American Chemical Society Supplement: Solutions Manual
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Elements of Physical Chemistry

Peter Atkins

4.4
Mastering the fundamentals of physical chemistry is a challenge for many. This edition is designed to attain a thorough understanding of this vital branch of chemistry.
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Chemistry3: Introducing Inorganic, Organic and Physical Chemistry

Andrew Burrows

4.4
Chemistry is widely considered to be the central science: it encompasses concepts on which all other branches of science are developed. Yet, for many students entering college, gaining a firm grounding in chemistry is a real challenge. Chemistry3 responds to this challenge, providing students with a full understanding of the fundamental principles of chemistry on which to build later studies.

Uniqu
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Biophysical Chemistry: Part III: The Behavior of Biological Macromolecules

Charles R. Cantor

4.4
Three-part series remains the definitive text on the physical properties of biological macromolecules and the physical techniques used to study them. It is appropriate for a broad spectrum of advanced undergraduate and graduate courses and serves as a comprehensive reference for researchers.


Part I: The Conformation of Biological Macromolecules
1980, paper, 365 pages, 158 illustrations 0-7167-1188-5
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Introduction to Computational Chemistry

Frank Jensen

4.4
Introduction to Computational Chemistry 3rd Edition provides a comprehensive account of the fundamental principles underlying different computational methods. Fully revised and updated throughout to reflect important method developments and improvements since publication of the previous edition, this timely update includes the following significant revisions and new topics:

Polarizable force fields
DR. SEBI 7-Day FULL-BODY DETOX DIET GUIDE: Cleanse your liver, lungs, kidney, skin, using Dr. Sebi Intra-Cellular Cleansing Method for Rapid Weight Loss, Improved Health, and to Reverse Aging. book cover31

DR. SEBI 7-Day FULL-BODY DETOX DIET GUIDE: Cleanse your liver, lungs, kidney, skin, using Dr. Sebi Intra-Cellular Cleansing Method for Rapid Weight Loss, Improved Health, and to Reverse Aging.

Sonal Tambwekar

4.3
Life's Ratchet: How Molecular Machines Extract Order from Chaos book cover32

Life's Ratchet: How Molecular Machines Extract Order from Chaos

Peter M. Hoffmann

4.3
The cells in our bodies consist of molecules, made up of the same carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen atoms found in air and rocks. But molecules, such as water and sugar, are not alive. So how do our cells--assemblies of otherwise "dead" molecules--come to life, and together constitute a living being?
In "Life's Ratchet," physicist Peter M. Hoffmann locates the answer to this age-old question at the na
Problems in Physical Chemistry for JEE: Main & Advanced book cover33

Problems in Physical Chemistry for JEE: Main & Advanced

N/A (Author)

4.3
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Solid State Chemistry and Its Applications

Anthony R. West

4.3
Solid State Chemistry and its Applications, 2nd Edition: Student Edition is an extensive update and sequel to the bestselling textbook Basic Solid State Chemistry, the classic text for undergraduate teaching in solid state chemistry worldwide.

Solid state chemistry lies at the heart of many significant scientific advances from recent decades, including the discovery of high-temperature superconduct
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Molecular Quantum Mechanics

Peter Atkins, Ronald Friedman

4.3
Quantum mechanics embraces the behaviour of all known forms of matter, including the atoms and molecules from which we, and all living organisms, are composed. Molecular Quantum Mechanics leads us through this absorbing yet challenging subject, unravelling those fundamental physical principles which explain how all matter behaves.
With the clarity of exposition and rich pedagogy which have establi
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Density-Functional Theory of Atoms and Molecules

Robert G. Parr and Weitao Yang

4.3
This book is a rigorous, unified account of the fundamental principles of the density-functional theory of the electronic structure of matter and its applications to atoms and molecules. Containing a detailed discussion of the chemical potential and its derivatives, it provides an understanding of the concepts of electronegativity, hardness and softness, and chemical reactivity. Both the Hohenberg
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Chemistry

John E. McMurry

4.3
NOTE: You are purchasing a standalone product; MasteringA&P does not come packaged with this content. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MasteringA&P search for ISBN-10: 0321940873/ISBN-13: 9780321940872 . That package includes ISBN-10: 0321943171/ISBN-13: 9780321943170 and ISBN-10: 013389178X/ISBN-13: 9780133891782.

For two-semester general chemistry courses (science major
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Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics

Robert Zwanzig

4.3
This is a presentation of the main ideas and methods of modern nonequilibrium statistical mechanics. It is the perfect introduction for anyone in chemistry or physics who needs an update or background in this time-dependent field. Topics covered include fluctuation-dissipation theorem; linear response theory; time correlation functions, and projection operators. Theoretical models are illustrated
A Textbook of Physical Chemistry book cover39

A Textbook of Physical Chemistry

Arthur W. Adamson

4.3
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A Textbook of Physical Chemistry - Vol. 3

K.L Kapoor

4.3
Physical Chemistry book cover41

Physical Chemistry

Robert J. Silbey

4.3
Ever since Physical Chemistry was first published in 1913 (then titled Outlines of Theoretical Chemistry, by Frederick Getman), it has remained a highly effective and relevant learning tool thanks to the efforts of physical chemists from all over the world. Each new edition has benefited from their suggestions and expert advice. The result of this remarkable tradition is now in your hands. Now re
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Physical Chemistry

Gordon M. Barrow

4.3
This book is intended for the undergraduate level physical chemistry course and is typically taught in the junior or senior year. This book is well-regarded for its unified treatment of macroscopic and molecular level phenomena and the interrelationship between the two. In this edition, Barrow has extensively revised the thermodynamics, quantum mechanics and spectroscopy chapters.
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Student's Solutions Manual to Accompany Atkins' Physical Chemistry, Eighth Edition

Peter Atkins

4.3
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Chemistry

Carson-Dellosa Publishing

4.3
SCIENCE MATTERS: The 100+ Series Chemistry Workbook for grades 9–12 provides your students with the reinforcement they need to learn and retain the knowledge taught in a high school chemistry course. The activities in this workbook offer practical practice in every area of chemistry.





AN ANYWHERE RESOURCE: This workbook is the perfect skill-building resource for both home and school! This book is de
Understanding Advanced Physical Inorganic Chemistry: The Learner's Approach (Revised Edition) book cover45

Understanding Advanced Physical Inorganic Chemistry: The Learner's Approach (Revised Edition)

KIM SENG CHAN and JEANNE TAN

4.3
Computational Materials Science: An Introduction book cover46

Computational Materials Science: An Introduction

June Gunn Lee

4.3
Computational Materials Science: An Introduction covers the essentials of computational science and explains how computational tools and techniques work to help solve materials science problems. The book focuses on two levels of a materials system: the electronic structure level of nuclei and electrons and the atomistic/molecular level. It presents computational treatments of these system levels u
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Student Solutions Manual for Modern Physical Organic Chemistry

Michael B. Sponsler

4.3
Concepts In Physical Chemistry book cover48

Concepts In Physical Chemistry

Peter Atkins

4.3
A concise dictionary of fundamental physical chemistry terms, equations, and concepts, useful as a supplement and reference for physics, chemistry, life science, and engineering students or professionals.
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Chemical Applications of Group Theory

F. Albert Cotton

4.3
Retains the easy-to-read format and informal flavor of the previous editions, and includes new material on the symmetric properties of extended arrays (crystals), projection operators, LCAO molecular orbitals, and electron counting rules. Also contains many new exercises and illustrations.
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Electrolyte Solutions

R.A. Robinson and R.H. Stokes

4.3
Classic text deals primarily with measurement, interpretation of conductance, chemical potential, and diffusion in electrolyte solutions. Detailed theoretical interpretations, plus extensive tables of thermodynamic and transport properties. Properties of ionizing solvents, limiting mobilities of ions, measurement of chemical potentials and diffusion coefficients, ion association, more. 1970 editio
Stochastic Processes in Physics and Chemistry (North-Holland Personal Library) book cover51

Stochastic Processes in Physics and Chemistry (North-Holland Personal Library)

N.G. Van Kampen

4.3
The third edition of Van Kampen's standard work has been revised and updated. The main difference with the second edition is that the contrived application of the quantum master equation in section 6 of chapter XVII has been replaced with a satisfactory treatment of quantum fluctuations. Apart from that throughout the text corrections have been made and a number of references to later developments
The Element in the Room: Science-y Stuff Staring You in the Face (Festival of the Spoken Nerd) book cover52

The Element in the Room: Science-y Stuff Staring You in the Face (Festival of the Spoken Nerd)

Helen Arney

4.3

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This free e-sampler of The Element in the Room will take you on a rib-tickling, experiment-fuelled ad

Preparing for Your Acs Examination in General Chemistry: The Official Guide book cover53

Preparing for Your Acs Examination in General Chemistry: The Official Guide

Lucy T. Eubanks

4.3
Isotopes: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) book cover54

Isotopes: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Rob Ellam

4.3
An isotope is a variant form of a chemical element, containing a different number of neutrons in its nucleus. Most elements exist as several isotopes. Many are stable while others are radioactive, and some may only exist fleetingly before decaying into other elements.
In this Very Short Introduction, Rob Ellam explains how isotopes have proved enormously important across all the sciences and in ar
A History of Their Own: Women in Europe from Prehistory to the Present Volume I book cover55

A History of Their Own: Women in Europe from Prehistory to the Present Volume I

Bonnie S. Anderson

4.3
This classic two-volume history is an exciting and revolutionary look at women's history from prehistoric times to the present. Its unique organization focuses on the developments, achievements, and changes in women's roles in society. Rather than examining women's history as an inevitable progression of events along a strict timeline, this text is organized within a loose chronology, with chapter
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A Farewell to Entropy: Statistical Thermodynamics Based on Information

Arieh Ben-Naim

4.3
The principal message of this book is that thermodynamics and statistical mechanics will benefit from replacing the unfortunate, misleading and mysterious term entropy with a more familiar, meaningful and appropriate term such as information, missing information or uncertainty. This replacement would facilitate the interpretation of the driving force of many processes in terms of informational cha
Atoms in the Family: My Life with Enrico Fermi book cover57

Atoms in the Family: My Life with Enrico Fermi

Laura Fermi

4.3
In this absorbing account of life with the great atomic scientist Enrico Fermi, Laura Fermi tells the story of their emigration to the United States in the 1930s—part of the widespread movement of scientists from Europe to the New World that was so important to the development of the first atomic bomb. Combining intellectual biography and social history, Laura Fermi traces her husband's career fro
Principles and Problems in Physical Chemistry for Biochemists book cover58

Principles and Problems in Physical Chemistry for Biochemists

Nicholas C. Price, Raymond A. Dwek, et al.

4.3
What use is physical chemistry to the student of biochemistry and biology? This central question is answered in this book mainly through the use of worked examples and problems. The book starts by introducing the laws of thermodynamics, and then uses these laws to derive the equations relevant to the student in dealing with chemical equilibria (including the binding of small molecules to proteins)
Physical Chemistry for the Chemical and Biological Sciences book cover59

Physical Chemistry for the Chemical and Biological Sciences

Raymond Chang

4.2
This introductory course on physical chemistry is geared towards pre-medical and life sciences students. It offers applications to biological problems, numerous worked examples and around a 1000 chapter-end problems.
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Physical Chemistry

Keith J. Laidler, John H. Meiser

4.2
With its clear explanations and practical pedagogy, Physical Chemistry is less intimidating to students than other texts, without sacrificing the mathematical rigor and comprehensiveness necessary for a junior-level physical chemistry course. The text's long-standing reputation for accessible writing provides clear instruction and superior problem-solving support for students.
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Exploring Complexity

Gregoire Nicolis

4.2
Exploring Complexity surveys the wide range of complex phenomena arising in the framework of physico-chemical and biological systems and in the global environment. The book defines the elements of a new scientific vocabulary - the vocabulary of complexity - and elaborates the tools for analyzing these problems efficiently. It breaks disciplinary barriers to consider issues beyond the realm of trad
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Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Dynamics

Paul L. Houston

4.2
This text teaches the principles underlying modern chemical kinetics in a clear, direct fashion, using several examples to enhance basic understanding. It features solutions to selected problems, with separate sections and appendices that cover more technical applications.
Each chapter is self-contained and features an introduction that identifies its basic goals, their significance, and a general
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Entropy Demystified: The Second Law Reduced to Plain Common Sense: The Second Law Reduced to Plain Common Sense with Seven Simulated Games

Arieh Ben-Naim

4.2
In this unique book, the reader is invited to experience the joy of appreciating something which has eluded understanding for many years — entropy and the second law of thermodynamics. The book has a two-pronged message: first, that the second law is not infinitely incomprehensible as commonly stated in most textbooks on thermodynamics, but can, in fact, be comprehended through sheer common sense;
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Molecular Modelling for Beginners

Alan Hinchliffe

4.2
A concise, basic introduction to modelling and computational chemistry which focuses on the essentials, including MM, MC, and MD, along with a chapter devoted to QSAR and Discovery Chemistry. Includes supporting website featuring background information, full colour illustrations, questions and answers tied into the text, Visual Basic packages and many realistic examples with solutions Takes a hand
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Physical Chemistry: Solutions Manual

Levine

4.2
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The World of Physical Chemistry

Keith J. Laidler

4.2
This book offers an account of the field of physical chemistry as it has evolved over the years, from its emergence as a distinct discipline in the late 19th century through today's miracle discoveries. The book covers all of the main branches of physical chemistry: thermodynamics, kinetic theory, statistical mechanics, spectroscopy, electrochemistry, quantum chemistry, and colloid and surface che
Physical Chemistry: How Chemistry Works book cover67

Physical Chemistry: How Chemistry Works

Kurt W. Kolasinski

4.2
Much of chemistry is motivated by asking 'How'? How do I make a primary alcohol?React a Grignard reagent with formaldehyde. Physical chemistry is motivated by asking 'Why'? The Grignard reagent and formaldehyde follow a molecular dance known as a reaction mechanism in which stronger bonds are made at the expense of weaker bonds.If you are interested in asking 'why' and not just 'how', then you nee
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Physical Chemistry

Robert G. Mortimer

4.2
In this third edition, core applications have been added along with more recent developments in the theories of chemical reaction kinetics and molecular quantum mechanics, as well as in the experimental study of extremely rapid chemical reactions.
* Fully revised concise edition covering recent developments in the field
* Supports student learning with step by step explanation of fundamental princi
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Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences

Peter Atkins and Julio de Paula

4.2
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Reactions: The Private Life of Atoms

Peter Atkins

4.2
Illustrated with remarkable new full-color images--one or more on every page--and written by one of the world's leading authorities on the subject, Reactions offers a compact, pain-free tour of the inner workings of chemistry.
Reactions begins with the chemical formula almost everyone knows--the formula for water, H2O--a molecule with an "almost laughably simple chemical composition." But Peter At
Schaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of Physical Chemistry (Schaum's Outline Series) book cover71

Schaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of Physical Chemistry (Schaum's Outline Series)

Clyde Metz

4.2

Confusing Textbooks? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time?

Fortunately for you, there's Schaum's Outlines. More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum's is the key to faster learning and higher grades in every subject. Each Outline presents all the essential course information in an easy-to-follow, topic-by-topic format. You also get hu

Problems and Solutions to Accompany Chang's Physical Chemistry for the Chemical and Biological Sciences book cover72

Problems and Solutions to Accompany Chang's Physical Chemistry for the Chemical and Biological Sciences

Helen O. Leung and Mark D. Marshall

4.2
Atoms, Electrons, and Change book cover73

Atoms, Electrons, and Change

P. W. Atkins

4.2
A century and a half ago the pioneering physicist and chemist Michael Faraday delivered a celebrated series of lectures that attempted to explain the inner workings of matter through the chemical history of a candle. "There is no better, there is no more open door by which you can enter into the study of natural philosophy", Faraday told his audience. Now the distinguished chemist P.W. Atkins foll
Biophysical Chemistry: Part I: The Conformation of Biological Macromolecules book cover74

Biophysical Chemistry: Part I: The Conformation of Biological Macromolecules

Charles R. Cantor, Paul R. Schimmel

4.2
Three-part series remains the definitive text on the physical properties of biological macromolecules and the physical techniques used to study them. It is appropriate for a broad spectrum of advanced undergraduate and graduate courses and serves as a comprehensive reference for researchers.

Part I deals with the structure of biological macromolecules and the forces that determine structure.


Part I:
The Science of Cheese book cover75

The Science of Cheese

Michael H. Tunick

4.2
In an engaging tour of the science and history of cheese, Michael Tunick explores the art of cheese making, the science that lies underneath the deliciousness, and the history behind how humanity came up with one of its most varied and versatile of foods.
Dr. Tunick spends his everyday deep within the halls of the science of cheese, as a researcher who creates new dairy products, primarily, cheese
Physical Chemistry Through Problems book cover76

Physical Chemistry Through Problems

S.K. Dogra

4.2
Fundamentals of Physical Chemistry book cover77

Fundamentals of Physical Chemistry

Samuel H. Maron, J. B. Lando

4.2
Quanta, Matter, and Change book cover78

Quanta, Matter, and Change

Peter Atkins

4.2
Applied Mathematics for Physical Chemistry book cover79

Applied Mathematics for Physical Chemistry

James R. Barrante

4.2

A "how to do it" review and learn book on advanced mathematics necessary to physical chemistry. Coordinate systems, functions and graphs, logarithms, differential calculus, integral calculus, infinite series, differential equations, scalars and vectors, matrices and determinants, operators, numerical methods and the use of the computer, and mathematical methods in the laboratory. Educators, Techn

Instant Notes in Physical Chemistry book cover80

Instant Notes in Physical Chemistry

A. G. Whittaker, A. R. Mount, M. R. Heal

4.2
Instant Notes is an ongoing series of review volumes jointly published by Springer-Verlag and BIOS Scientific Publishers. Instant Notes provides a structured approach to learning by covering all the important topics in a uniform, systematic format. Each topic begins with a summary of the essential facts, followed by detailed explanations and clear, simple illustrations. The diagrams are easy to le
Handbook of Physical Measurements (Updated, Revised) book cover81

Handbook of Physical Measurements (Updated, Revised)

Karen W. Gripp, Anne M. Slavotinek, et al.

4.2
Thoroughly updated and revised, this new edition of the classic clinical text provides a comprehensive review of physical measurements used in the clinical evaluation of neonates, children, and adults presenting with dysmorphic features, structural anomalies, or genetic syndromes. It has been formatted as a practical manual that can be carried to the clinic or ward for an assessment of physical fe
Mathematics for Physical Chemistry book cover82

Mathematics for Physical Chemistry

Robert G. Mortimer

4.1
Mathematics for Physical Chemistry, Third Edition, is the ideal text for students and physical chemists who want to sharpen their mathematics skills. It can help prepare the reader for an undergraduate course, serve as a supplementary text for use during a course, or serve as a reference for graduate students and practicing chemists. The text concentrates on applications instead of theory, and, al
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Physical Chemistry

Thomas Engel

4.1
Engel and Reid's Physical Chemistry provides students with a contemporary and accurate overview of physical chemistry while focusing on basic principles that unite the sub-disciplines of the field. The Third Edition continues to emphasize fundamental concepts, while presenting cutting-edge research developments to emphasize the vibrancy of physical chemistry today.
Principles of Physical Chemistry - Student Solution Manual book cover84

Principles of Physical Chemistry - Student Solution Manual

Lionel M. Raff

4.1
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Student Solutions Manual for Physical Chemistry

Peter Atkins and Julio dePaula

4.1
Organic and Biochemistry for Today book cover86

Organic and Biochemistry for Today

Spencer L. Seager

4.1
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Physical Chemistry for the Biosciences

Raymond Chang

4.1
This book is ideal for use in a one-semester introductory course in physical chemistry for students of life sciences. The author's aim is to emphasize the understanding of physical concepts rather than focus on precise mathematical development or on actual experimental details.
Physical Chemistry Student Solutions Manual book cover88

Physical Chemistry Student Solutions Manual

Ira Levine

4.1
The Chemical Cosmos: A Guided Tour book cover89

The Chemical Cosmos: A Guided Tour

Steve Miller

4.1
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