Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences, 2nd Edition - Hardcover

Atkins, Peter; De Paula, Julio

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1429231149 ISBN 13: 9781429231145

Publisher: W. H. Freeman, 2011

Synopsis

With its flexible organization, Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences is the perfect fit for today's life science students, allowing the instructors to present material from either a biochemistry or physical chemistry perspective, depending on the goals of their course.

About this title

About the Author:

Professor Peter Atkins is a fellow of Lincoln College, University of Oxford, and the author of more than sixty 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 a member of IUPAC's Physical and Biophysical Chemistry Division.   Julio de Paula is a Professor of Chemistry at Lewis and 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. 

Review:

Review from previous edition: "An excellent textbook - fun to read and crystal clear."

--Dr Hans A. Heus, Radboud University Nijmegen

"The toolkits are great, the worked examples will be very useful and the 'in the laboratory' sections are very nice to read, and will provide great teaching material. As [in the first edition] the use of recently developed techniques is superb."

--Dr Perdita Barran, University of Edinburgh

"The authors succeed brilliantly in their aim to show that deep insights into the behaviour of biological systems can be gained by applying the principles of physical chemistry. I enjoyed reading this book and would recommend it without reservation to teachers and students alike."

--Chemistry World, January 2006

"This book provides an excellent insight into the subject of physical chemistry, understandable and suitable for both beginners and experts of chemistry."

--Internal Journal of Biological Macromolecules, August 2006

About this edition

• Publisher: W. H. Freeman
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1429231149
• ISBN 13: 9781429231145
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 300