Atkins’ Physical Chemistry
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Atkins’ Physical Chemistry
Atkins’ Physical Chemistry
By Peter Atkins, John W. Locke
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Number Of Pages: 1149
Publication Date: 2002-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0198792859
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780198792857
Binding: Hardcover
This major revision of the world’s leading textbook of physical chemistry has maintained its tradition of accessibility but authority and has brought it thoroughly up to date. The new author team has introduced many innovations. There are new or rewritten chapters on the solid state, on molecular interactions, macromolecules, and electron transfer. Almost every chapter has at least one Box showing the relevance of the material to modern chemistry. All the chapters now conclude with a check list which includes definitions and key equations. The authors have paid special attention to the presentation of mathematical derivations and to the physical interpretation of equations. They have also ensured that the text is highly modular, so that it can be used in different sequences, either atoms first or thermodynamics first. The art program has been redrawn and extended, new Discussion questions have been added, and the Further Information sections have been recast to provide the necessary background in mathematics and physics. The text is fully geared to the web, with full media support. SUPPLEMENTS AND SUPPORT MATERIAL: 1. Web site featuring Living Graphs (about 150). Dynamic, interactive graphs that allow experimentation and hands-on learning. Web links to sources of data and other information, as referred to in the book. 2. Student’s Solutions Manual containing worked solutions to half the end of chapter exercises and problems in the parent text. 3. Instructor’s Solutions Manual, FREE to adopters of the parent text, containing worked solutions to the other half of the end of chapter exercises and problems in the parent text. Contains a CD-ROM with all the illustrations from the text, for use in presentations. 4. MathCad/Mathematica supplement book with CD-ROM to take all living graphs further. NEW TO THIS EDITION: DT New co-author Julio de Paula, a biophysical chemist, strengthens the text’s coverage of biological applications. DT Margin notes provide help with mathematics just where it is needed. DT Boxes added to every chapter to cover biological applications, environmental, materials science and chemical engineering. Each box has two problems, and suggestions for further reading. DT Important equations and definitions added to the ‘key concepts’ section of every chapter. DT Microprojects used to be separate sections at end of every Part. These (most of them) have been integrated into the appropriate chapter’s end-of-chapter exercises. DT More help with the mathematical development of derivations: marginal notes are provided, many derivations now include more steps (justifications), the section on mathematical techniques in Further Information sections has been rewritten, as has the Further Information section on concepts of physics. DT Fully integrated media support. The new feature of Living Graphs are flagged by an icon in the textbook, and marginal notes refer the reader to the web links to be found on the book’s free web site. DT The chapters are modular so that they may be read in different orders for different courses. Road Maps are provided that suggest different routes through the text for the following types of course organizations: (a) thermodynamics first, (b) atoms first (quantum mechanics first). DT There is a separate section in of end-of-chapter exercises specifically for applications. DT End-of-chapter problems for which solutions are provided in the Student’s Solutions Manual are now indicated by colour. MODERNIZATION DT More coverage of modern topics throughout the text. Some examples, by section of the book: PART 1: Illustrations of partial derivatives added Added Boxes, more practical and more biological applications PART 2: Chapter 14 includes computational chemistry Enhancements to quantum mechanics coverage: addition of materials science in Chapters 22 and 23 More modern spectroscopy, more computational chemistry Chapter 21: new chapter on molecular interactions Chapter 22 on macromolecules emphasizes polymers and biological polymers PART 3: Organized to make selective use easier (made more modular) Chapter 29: more modern treatment of electron transfer theory in solutions, biological systems, and solid state For a complete list of changes to the book since the last edition, see the web site at www.oup.com/pchem7
Summary: Get the 7th Edition
Rating: 1
This book was a required text for the physical chemistry college course. To start there are many misprints or typo on several rate constants for the given equation: PV=nRT. The form in which the units are represented can be misleading and at times confusing. Compared to the 7th Edition it is more difficult to answer the exercises and problems at the end of each chapter. Most of the time one must assume ideal gas behavior to answer the questions, however, the instructions do not advise or inform the student they must assume ideal behavior in order to correctly solve the problems or exercises. The only saving grace is obtaining the students solution mannual!
Summary: The most poorly edited textbook I have ever read.
Rating: 1
For all the money you’re paying for this book, you’d think that de Paula and Atkins could hire someone to actually READ the thing before it was published. There’s at least one typo on nearly every page (and more on others). Some of these errors are innocuous, but others completely obfuscate what the authors are trying to say. To make things more of a mess, the examples and mathematical derivations often gloss over several key points that make it difficult for students to follow. And don’t even get me started on the problems, which make use of magical values that are nowhere to be found in the book. The solutions are even worse - it’s as if the authors mixed up the numbers of the problems in the 7th edition without bothering to update the corresponding solutions.
The representation of units is questionable at best. Who uses dm^3 instead of L as their de facto unit of volume? The authors take their cockamamie unit scheme one step further by representing all numerical values as unitless entities. For example, instead of R = 8.31 (J / mol * K), they’ll divide both sides by the units and depict it as R / (J / mol * K) = 298. This baffling treatment of units is unnecessary, inconsistent, and, worst of all, distracting from the material at hand.
In a word, terrible. Since this is my first physical chemistry course I have no frame of reference for judging the content (which is decent, as far as I can tell), but the presentation is awful. If you MUST get this book for a class, look for the International edition - the only difference is that the images in the International edition aren’t in color. Take the money you save and purchase a separate book that actually presents the material clearly.
Summary: Good coverage of material; lousy binding, pics, and ancillaries
Rating: 3
As with other editions of Atkins’ P-Chem (I own 4th, 5th, & 7th), the topics are covered rigorously and at a level that I think is appropriate for a solid junior undergrad course in P-chem.
For a text that keeps up quite admirably with advancements in science, the diagrams and ancillaries (e.g., living graphs) continue to be weak and well behind the pedagogical innovations that make p-chem more accessible to students.
The quality of the binding is unacceptably poor. Like others on this page, I too have a copy of the text with the cover that has come apart. Freeman ought to republish the text with improved binding. This text should serve as a reference for students to use for many years to come. It absolutely cannot serve that function with the quality of the binding in this version.
Summary: Incredible
Rating: 1
That is the worst physical chemistry textbook I’ve ever seen, though I haven’t seen too many. To not go into deep detail this is about the material presentation. The choices that the authors made on what to tell and what not to tell as well as what to say about some concepts and issues are against the goal of good understanding and memorizing.
The new edition has colored pictures and “Impact On” sections which is very good, but I can not be silent about the thing that I cannot imagine could come to someone’s head: the was an attempt to convert as many units as possible to SI all over the book. Like, it says “dm^3 (decimeter cubed)” everywhere where it would say “l (liter)” in 7th edition.
The atomic energies are expressed in attojoules. Good thing they haven’t completely removed the electronvoltes, but it’s not that easy to find them now.
The only reason to buy this book is when you have no other choice.
Summary: Poor Binding
Rating: 2
I too agree with them, I am a pchem student, and the binding on my book is coming off, I need to tape it in order to save it from falling off. Yes, the derivation are hard to follow, my professor had to give hand outs on majority of them to show what steps were skipped.
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