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Chemistry : a very short introduction / Peter Atkins.
A look at chemistry anew, through a chemist's eyes, in order to understand its central concepts and to see how it contributes not only towards our material comfort, but also to human culture.
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- ISBN: 9780199683970
- ISBN: 0199683972
- Physical Description: xvi, 107 p. ; 18 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 101) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Its origins, scope and organization -- Its principles: atoms and molecules -- Its principles: energy and entropy -- Its reactions -- Its techniques -- Its achievements -- Its future -- Periodic table. |
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| Subject: | Chemistry > Textbooks. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Kirtland Community College Library | QD 33.2 .A855 2015 | 30775305491822 | General Collection | Available | - |
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Chemistry: a Very Short Introduction
Peter Atkins is Fellow of Lincoln College, University of Oxford. He is the author of almost 60 books, which include the world-renowned textbook Physical Chemistry (published in its ninth edition in November 2009). His other textbooks include Inorganic Chemistry: Chemical Principles and Molecular Quantum Mechanics. He has also written a number of books for a general readership, including Galileo's Finger: The Ten Great Ideas of Science, The Periodic Kingdom, Molecules , and The Laws of Thermodynamics: A Very Short Introduction. He has been a visiting professor in France, Israel, New Zealand, and China, and continues to lecture widely throughout the world.
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