Title:
Chemistry : a very short introduction / Peter Atkins.
Author:
Atkins, P. W. (Peter William), 1940-
Publication Information:
New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Call Number:
QD33.2 .A8556 2015
Abstract:
A 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.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780199683970
Series:
Very short introduction ; 417
Very short introductions ; 417.
Physical Description:
xvi, 107 p. ; 18 cm.
General Note:
"First published in hardback as "What is Chemistry?" 2013. First published as a Very Short Introduction 2015" --Tp Verso
Subject Term:
Contents:
Its origins, scope and organization -- Its principles: atoms and molecules -- Its principles: energy and entropy -- Its reactions -- Its techniques -- Its achievements -- Its future -- Periodic table.
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