书名：Physical Chemistry: A Very Short Introduction牛津通识读本：物理化学

作者：Peter Atkins 

出版社名称：OUP Oxford 

出版时间：2014 

语种：英语 

ISBN：9780199689095 

商品尺寸：17.3 x 10.9 x 2.3 cm 

包装：平装

页数：128（以实物为准）

随着涉及计算化学，纳米和智能材料的各种令人兴奋的新研究领域的发展，以及最近发现的石墨烯的应用，毫无疑问，物理化学是至关重要的领域。它也被认为是化学领域最艰巨的分支，它必定以物理，数学和绘画为基础，就像它在量子力学，热力学和统计热力学上一样。

彼得·阿特金斯（Peter Atkins）的《简短介绍》以其典型的清晰性和几乎看不到的公式探索了物理化学对化学所有分支的贡献。深入了解其核心概念，阿特金斯（Atkins）揭示了物理化学对我们对自然世界的理解所做出的文化贡献。

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。

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 on quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, and statistical thermodynamics.

With his typical clarity and hardly a formula in sight, Peter Atkins' Very Short Introduction explores the contributions physical chemistry has made to all branches of chemistry. Providing an insight into its central concepts Atkins reveals the cultural contributions physical chemistry has made to our understanding of the natural world.

ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Peter Atkinsis the author of about 70 books, including the world-renowned and widely used Physical Chemistry, now in its 10th edition [in Jan 2014] and is the winner of the 2016 Grady-Stack award for science journalism. 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.