Скачать книгу (размер 769 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 152) Аннотация: With the development of a variety of exciting new areas of research involving computational chemistry, nano and smart materials, and applications of the recently discovered graphene, there can be no doubt that physical chemistry is a vitally important field. It is also perceived as the most daunting branch of chemistry, being necessarily grounded in physics and mathematics and drawing as it does…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 200) Аннотация: Through an innovative, closely integrated design of images and text, and his characteristically clear, precise, and economical exposition, Peter Atkins explains the processes involved in chemical reactions. He begins by introducing a 'tool kit' of basic reactions, such as precipitation, corrosion, and catalysis, and concludes by showing how these building blocks are brought together in more…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: In this scientific Credo, Peter Atkins considers the universal questions of origins, endings, birth, and death to which religions have claimed answers. With his usual economy, wit, and elegance, unswerving before awkward realities, Atkins presents what science has to say. While acknowledging the comfort some find in belief, he declares his own faith in science's capacity to reveal the deepest…