The Structure of Physical Chemistry, 9780198570257
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This is not a traditional textbook. It aims to reveal in one single continuous logical development what each successive kind of physical hypothesis tells us about the nature of things.

The Structure of Physical Chemistry

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    488 pages

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    13 October 2005

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Summary

Physical Chemistry is a difficult and diversified subject. Based on a good long spell of university teaching, this book lays emphasis on the structure and continuity of the whole subject and tries to show the relation of its various parts to one another. Certain themes or, one might almost say, leitmotifs run through physical chemistry, and these have been used to unify the composition. The treatment is neither historical nor formally deductive, but at each stagethe author tries to indicate t…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780198570257
ISBN-10:0198570252
Series:Oxford Classic Texts in the Physical Sciences
Author:C.N. Hinshelwood
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Imprint:Oxford University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:488
Release Date:13 October 2005
Weight:745g
Dimensions:233mm x 157mm x 27mm
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“The author is to be congratulated on a remarkably successful achievement.” –The Chemical Age

The author is to be congratulated on a remarkably successful achievement.'The Chemical AgeThe reviewer…has no doubts that every chemist will, in addition to enjoying it’s style and clarity, gain a deeper insight into the spirit of science if he reads it.‘Chemist and Druggist Export Review`…a masterpiece…‘Oxford Magazine

About The Author

C.N. Hinshelwood

The late Sir Cyril N. Hinshelwood (1897-1967) was Professor of Chemistry at the Physical Chemistry LaboratorySouth Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QZ.

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