Essentials of physical chemistry

By Stephen Ashworth2012-07-26T13:40:00

Source: CRC Press

Stephen Ashworth reviews this succinct textbook

Essentials of physical chemistry
Don Shillady
Boca Raton, US: CRC Press 2012 | Pp510 | £27.99 (HB) | ISBN 9781439840979

A glance through the index shows that this book is not an attempt to cover the whole of physical chemistry. Rather, it is a succinct treatment of thermodynamics, basic kinetics, quantum mechanics and a little computational chemistry. Some would argue, of course, that these are the essentials.

Stephen Ashworth reviews the strengths and weaknesses of Essentials of physical chemistry.

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