The teaching of mathematics to students of chemistry has always been a difficult undertaking. Many students do not appreciate the value of mathematics in their subject and their confidence is often further undermined by textbooks which rely heavily on examples drawn from physics. Dickinson & McKinley bring a great deal of experience of chemistry teaching at degree level and their textbook is explicitly organised so that mathematical concepts are mapped directly to topics a chemistry student will find familiar. The book also places emphasis on techniques of dimensional analysis and the statistical analysis of data, which are often poorly taught to chemistry students. Overall the book fills a gap in chemical education and is highly recommended to anyone teaching physical chemistry or laboratory skills to chemistry students in higher education.

• How to use this book; The basics: Mathematical functions, rearranging equations and handling units; Probability and Statistics in Chemistry; Experimental uncertainty & significant figures: What are the bounds of experimental error?; Tables & Graphs - Presenting and Analysing Experimental Data; Trigonometry and coordinate systems: Crystal structures and molecular separations; Vectors, directions and crystal structures; Calculus 1, Differentiation: Mean speeds and equilibrium separations; Calculus 2, Integration: Reaction kinetics and rate laws; Complex numbers: Quantum mechanics and solving the Schroedinger equation; The Mathematical Toolkit

The teaching of mathematics to students of chemistry has always been a difficult undertaking. Many students do not appreciate the value of mathematics in their subject and their confidence is often further undermined by textbooks which rely heavily on examples drawn from physics. Dickinson & McKinley bring a great deal of experience of chemistry teaching at degree level and their textbook is explicitly organised so that mathematical concepts are mapped directly to topics a chemistry student will find familiar. The book also places emphasis on techniques of dimensional analysis and the statistical analysis of data, which are often poorly taught to chemistry students. Overall the book fills a gap in chemical education and is highly recommended to anyone teaching physical chemistry or laboratory skills to chemistry students in higher education.

• How to use this book; The basics: Mathematical functions, rearranging equations and handling units; Probability and Statistics in Chemistry; Experimental uncertainty & significant figures: What are the bounds of experimental error?; Tables & Graphs - Presenting and Analysing Experimental Data; Trigonometry and coordinate systems: Crystal structures and molecular separations; Vectors, directions and crystal structures; Calculus 1, Differentiation: Mean speeds and equilibrium separations; Calculus 2, Integration: Reaction kinetics and rate laws; Complex numbers: Quantum mechanics and solving the Schroedinger equation; The Mathematical Toolkit

The teaching of mathematics to students of chemistry has always been a difficult undertaking. Many students do not appreciate the value of mathematics in their subject and their confidence is often further undermined by textbooks which rely heavily on examples drawn from physics. Dickinson & McKinley bring a great deal of experience of chemistry teaching at degree level and their textbook is explicitly organised so that mathematical concepts are mapped directly to topics a chemistry student will find familiar. The book also places emphasis on techniques of dimensional analysis and the statistical analysis of data, which are often poorly taught to chemistry students. Overall the book fills a gap in chemical education and is highly recommended to anyone teaching physical chemistry or laboratory skills to chemistry students in higher education.

• How to use this book; The basics: Mathematical functions, rearranging equations and handling units; Probability and Statistics in Chemistry; Experimental uncertainty & significant figures: What are the bounds of experimental error?; Tables & Graphs - Presenting and Analysing Experimental Data; Trigonometry and coordinate systems: Crystal structures and molecular separations; Vectors, directions and crystal structures; Calculus 1, Differentiation: Mean speeds and equilibrium separations; Calculus 2, Integration: Reaction kinetics and rate laws; Complex numbers: Quantum mechanics and solving the Schroedinger equation; The Mathematical Toolkit