Author: Peter Atkins
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: universe, drive, laws, four
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2007-09-27
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0199232369
ISBN-13: 9780199232369

The laws of thermodynamics drive everything that happens in the universe. From the sudden expansion of a cloud of gas to the cooling of hot metal, and from the unfurling of a leaf to the course of life itself--everything is moved or restrained by four simple laws. They establish fundamental concepts such as temperature and heat, and reveal the arrow of time and even the nature of energy itself. Written by Peter Atkins, one of the worlds leading authorities on thermodynamics, this powerful and compact introduction explains what these four laws are and how they work, using accessible langua

Author: Peter Atkins
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: short, introductions, introduction, laws, thermodynamics
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2010-04-19
List price: $11.95
ISBN-10: 0199572194
ISBN-13: 9780199572199

The laws of thermodynamics drive everything that happens in the universe. From the sudden expansion of a cloud of gas to the cooling of hot metal--everything is moved or restrained by four simple laws. Written by Peter Atkins, one of the world’s leading authorities on thermodynamics, this powerful and compact introduction explains what these four laws are and how they work, using accessible language and virtually no mathematics. Guiding the reader a step at a time, Atkins begins with Zeroth (so named because the first two laws were well established before scientists realized that a thir

Author: Peter Atkins
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: molecules, atkins
Number of Pages: 244
Published: 2003-10-06
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0521535360
ISBN-13: 9780521535366

In this new edition of the book that was called "the most beautiful chemistry book ever written," Peter Atkins reveals the molecules responsible for the experiences of our everyday life in fabrics, drugs, plastics, explosives, detergents, fragrances, tastes, and sex. Atkins gives a non-technical account of a range of aspects of the world around us, revealing unexpected connections and insight into how it can be understood in terms of the atoms and molecules from which it is built. This new edition has dozens of new molecules, new graphic presentations, and a more accessible account of the mo

Author: Peter Atkins
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: science, ideas, finger, galileo
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2004-09-16
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 0198609418
ISBN-13: 9780198609414

Why Galileo’s finger? Galileo, one of whose fingers is preserved in a vessel displayed in Florence, provided much of the impetus for modern science, pointing the way out of medieval ignorance. In this brilliant account of the central ideas of contemporary science, Peter Atkins celebrates the effectiveness of Galileo’s symbolic finger for revealing the nature of our universe, our world, and ourselves. Galileo’s Finger takes the reader on an extraordinary journey that embraces the ten central ideas of current science. "By a great idea," writes Peter Atkins, "I mean a simple

Authors:Peter Atkins, Julio de Paula,
Publisher: W. H. Freema
Keywords: chemistry, physical
Number of Pages: 1072
Published: 2001-12-07
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0716735393
ISBN-13: 9780716735397

New edition of the overwhelmingly favorite text for the physical chemistry course.

Authors:Peter Atkins, Loretta Jones,
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
Keywords: insight, quest, principles, chemical
Number of Pages: 1024
Published: 2007-08-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1429209658
ISBN-13: 9781429209656

Written for calculus-inclusive general chemistry courses, Chemical Principles helps students develop chemical insight by showing the connections between fundamental chemical ideas and their applications.  Unlike other texts, it begins with a detailed picture of the atom then builds toward chemistry’s frontier, continually demonstrating how to solve problems, think about nature and matter, and visualize chemical concepts as working chemists do.   Flexibility in level is crucial, and is largely established through clearly labeling (separating in boxes) the calculus coverage in the text: Ins

Authors:Peter Atkins, Loretta Jones,
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
Keywords: principles, chemical
Number of Pages: 1024
Published: 2006-12-08
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0716773554
ISBN-13: 9780716773559

Written for calculus-inclusive general chemistry courses, Chemical Principles helps students develop chemical insight by showing the connections between fundamental chemical ideas and their applications.  Unlike other texts, it begins with a detailed picture of the atom then builds toward chemistry’s frontier, continually demonstrating how to solve problems, think about nature and matter, and visualize chemical concepts as working chemists do.   Flexibility in level is crucial, and is largely established through clearly labeling (separating in boxes) the calculus coverage in the text: Ins