| Description | | - Text assumes only elementary mathematical knowledge.
- Strong emphasis given to chemical applications, clearly explaining why chemists need to study physics.
| | Foundations of Physics for Chemists
presents the fundamental physics required for a full understanding of a diverse range of chemical phenomena and techniques such as diffraction, reaction rates and nuclear magnetic resonance. The text begins with a discussion of classical and wave mechanics which allows quantum mechanics to be introduced at an early stage. The ideas presented in these
early chapters are subsequently developed to deal with the traditional physics topics of kinetic theory, electrostatics, magnetism and optics. However, the text maintains a distinct chemical perspecive by focusing on relevant chemical examples rather than the more hypothetical examples favoured by the majority of introductory physics texts. The students will find the information presented directly
applicable to the concepts and examples that they will encounter throughout an undergraduate course in chemistry.
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| Contents |
1.
Classical mechanics
2.
Waves and vibrations
3.
Quantum mechanics
4.
Kinetic theory of gases
5.
Electrostatics
6.
Electromagnetism
7.
Optics
Appendix
Index
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
G. A. D. Ritchie, Junior Research Fellow, St. John's College; Ramsay Research Fellow, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Lab and
D. S. Sivia, College Lecturer, St. John's College, both at Oxford University
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