Physical Chemistry

Peter Atkins is a fellow of Lincoln College in the University of Oxford and the author of about seventy books for students and a general audience. His texts are market leaders around the globe. A frequent lecturer in the United States and throughout the world, he has held visiting professorships in France, Israel, Japan, China, and New Zealand. He was the founding chairman of the Committee on Chemistry Education of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and was a member of IUPAC's Physical and Biophysical Chemistry Division. Peter was the 2016 recipient of the American Chemical Society's Grady-Stack Award for science journalism.Julio de Paula is Professor of Chemistry, Lewis & Clark College. A native of Brazil, Professor de Paula received a B.A. degree in chemistry from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and a Ph.D. in biophysical chemistry from Yale University. His research activities encompass the areas of molecular spectroscopy, biophysical chemistry, and nanoscience. He has taught courses in general chemistry, physical chemistry, biophysical chemistry, instrumental analysis, and writing.Ronald Friedman is Professor and Chair of the Chemistry Department at Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne. He received a B.S. in chemistry from the University of Virginia, a Ph.D. in chemistry from Harvard University, and did postdoctoral work at the University of Minnesota. He teaches general chemistry and physical chemistry at IPFW and has also taught at the University of Michigan and at the Technion (Israel). His research interests are theories of reaction dynamics.

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• Focus 1: Foundations ; Mathematical background 1: Differentiation and integration ; Focus 2: The principles of quantum mechanics ; Mathematical background 2: Differential equations ; Focus 3: The quantum mechanics of motion ; Mathematical background 3: Complex numbers ; Focus 4: Approximation methods ; Focus 5: Atomic structure and spectra ; Mathematical background 4: Vectors ; Focus 6: Molecular structure ; Mathematical background 5: Matrices ; Focus 7: Molecular symmetry ; Focus 8: Interactions ; Mathematical background 6: Fourier transforms ; Focus 9: Molecular spectroscopy ; Focus 10: Magnetic resonance ; Focus 11: Statistical thermodynamics ; Mathematical background 7: probability theory ; Focus 12: The First Law of thermodynamics ; Mathematical background 8: Multivariate calculus ; Focus 13: The Second and Third Laws of thermodynamics ; Focus 14: Physical equilibria ; Focus 15: Chemical equilibria ; Focus 16: Molecular motion ; Focus 17: Chemical kinetics ; Focus 18: Reaction dynamics ; Focus 19: Processes in fluid systems ; Focus 20: Processes on solid surfaces ; Resource section