Chemistry: A Very Short Introduction 英文原版 牛津通识系列：化学 Peter Atkins

基本信息

By (author) Peter Atkins

Format Paperback | 128 pages

Dimensions 114 x 174 x 7mm | 118g

Publication date 01 Dec 2015

Publisher Oxford University Press

Publication City/Country Oxford, United Kingdom

Language English

ISBN10 0199683972

ISBN13 9780199683970

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

内容简介

Most people remember chemistry from their schooldays as largely incomprehensible, a subject that was fact-rich but understanding-poor, smelly, and so far removed from the real world of events and pleasures that there seemed little point, except for the most introverted, in coming to terms with its grubby concepts, spells, recipes, and rules. Peter Atkins wants to change all that.

In this Very Short Introduction to Chemistry, he encourages us to look at chemistry anew, through a chemist's eyes, in order to understand its central concepts and to see how it contributes not only towards our material comfort, but also to human culture. Atkins shows how chemistry provides the infrastructure of our world, through the chemical industry, the fuels of heating, power generation, and transport, as well as the fabrics of our clothing and furnishings.

By considering the remarkable achievements that chemistry has made, and examining its place between both physics and biology, Atkins presents a fascinating, clear, and rigorous exploration of the world of chemistry - its structure, core concepts, and exciting contributions to new cutting-edge technologies.

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大多数人记得上学时的化学知识是很难理解的，这个学科内容丰富，但理解力差，臭气熏天，与现实世界中的事件和享乐环境相去甚远，除了内向性强之外，似乎没有什么意义。以肮脏的概念，咒语，食谱和规则来接受。彼得·阿特金斯（Peter Atkins）想要改变所有这一切。

在这本《化学很短的简介》中，他鼓励我们通过化学家的眼光重新审视化学，以便理解其核心概念，并了解其不仅对我们的物质舒适性以及人类文化有贡献。阿特金斯（Atkins）展示了化学如何通过化学工业，加热，发电和运输的燃料以及我们的衣服和家具的织物，为我们的世界提供基础设施。

通过考虑化学取得的显著成就，并研究其在物理学和生物学之间的地位，阿特金斯提出了对化学世界的有趣，清晰而严格的探索-其结构，核心概念以及对新前沿的激动人心的贡献技术。

关于系列：牛津大学出版社的“非常简短的介绍”系列包含几乎每个主题领域的数百种标题。这些袖珍本是快速在新学科上取得成功的理想方法。我们的专家作者结合了事实，分析，观点，新思想和热情，使有趣且具挑战性的主题更具可读性。

作者简介

Peter Atkins is the author of about 70 books, including the world-renowned and widely used Physical Chemistry, now in its 10th edition. He won the Grady-Stack award for science journalism in 2016. After graduating from the University of Leicester and a post-doctoral year in the University of California, Los Angeles, he returned to Oxford in 1965 as Fellow of Lincoln College and University Lecturer (later Professor) in physical chemistry. He retired in 2007,

but continues to write and lecture worldwide.

彼得·阿特金斯（Peter Atkins）撰写了约70本书，其中包括世界著名的和广泛使用的《物理化学》（现为第十版）。他于2016年获得了科学新闻奖的Grady-Stack奖。从莱斯特大学毕业并在加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校获得博士后一年后，他于1965年回到牛津，担任林肯学院院士和大学讲师（后来的教授）物理化学。他于2007年退休， 但继续在世界各地写作和演讲。

书籍目录

Preface ; 1. Its origins, scope, and organization ; 2. Its principles: atoms and molecules ; 3. Its principles: energy and entropy ; 4. Its reactions ; 5. Its techniques ; 6. Its achievements ; 7. Its future ; Further reading ; Glossary ; Index