Inorganic Chemistry
Fourth Edition
Peter Atkins, Tina Overton, Jonathan Rourke, Mark Weller, and Fraser Armstrong
Price: £38.99 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-926463-6
Publication date: 26 January 2006
848 pages, 1500 colour line drawings, 276x219 mm
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| - 'I feel this text delivers magnificently, as indeed did its predecessor editions. It clearly develops and reinforces the basic principles discussed in the Foundations in accord with previous editions.' - Rob Janes, Open University
- 'Many of the pedagogical features are extremely helpful to the reader. In particular, the use of worked examples do a great deal to aid the students' understanding ... We also applaud the use of Key Points to identify the main components of a particular section.' - Tim Greene & Richard Walton, Exeter
- 'Atkins is one of our main recommended inorganic chemistry textbooks. The addition of this frontiers chapter expands even further the topics covered in the book and consequently makes it more useful.' - Nancy Dervisi, Cardiff
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| Description | | - Restructured, rewritten, and redesigned edition of the bestselling text in inorganic chemistry
- The new author team brings together chemical educators and researchers who are at the cutting edge of their fields to produce a text which combines authoritative coverage with a clear and lucid writing style
- Combines the theoretical rigour of previous editions with expanded explanations and more illustrative examples, making the book accessible to the widest possible audience
- Takes students from the basic concepts through to the frontiers of chemical research, making the text the ideal teaching and learning resource throughout an undergraduate chemistry degree programme
- Examples illustrating the impact of inorganic chemistry on everyday life, and a new full-colour text design, increase the student's interest in and engagement with the text to make their learning more effective
| New to this edition- New author team:
- Peter Atkins has been joined by a team of inorganic chemists, which includes a combination of chemical educators and researchers who are at the cutting edge of their fields. This author team are perfectly placed to write a text that is accessible to students, uniformly authoritative and up-to-date in its coverage.
- Completely revised:
- The author team have drawn upon their excellence in teaching and research to completely reconstruct and rewrite the book to provide a clear framework on which students can build their understanding of the subject.
- The use of expanded explanations, a less formal writing style, and assumption of a lower level of mathematical and chemical knowledge, make this edition more accessible to students, however care has been taken not to sacrifice the depth and rigour of previous editions.
- New content:
- Greatly expanded coverage of descriptive chemistry of the elements, which is now more systematically organised to give students a clear overview of the properties and reactions of each group of elements.
- Advanced topics at the 'frontiers' of inorganic chemistry look forward to the future impact of research - in materials science, nanotechnology, biological inorganic and environmental chemistry - and open up to the student topics at the forefront of contemporary research.
- New pedagogy:
- Examples show the relevance of inorganic chemistry to real-life situations encouraging students to engage fully with the subject.
- Frequent links between the theory (Part 1), the descriptive chemistry (Part 2) and the 'frontier' topics in Part 3 help students to understand how the properties of elements dictate their applications.
- Key points are highlighted within the chapter, as they are encountered by student, allowing them to recognise the important concepts more readily.
- New design:
- All the diagrams have been redrawn in an updated style and appear in a modern full colour text design to stimulate and engage students.
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Inorganic chemistry stands alongside physical and organic chemistry as one of three central pillars of an undergraduate chemistry course. Shriver and Atkins' Inorganic Chemistry
fourth edition reaffirms the position of this text at the heart of any student's chemistry education, offering more stimulation, more insights, and more support to help students grasp the fundamentals of this
subject than ever before.
Peter Atkins has been joined for the fourth edition by a new author team who have drawn upon their excellence in teaching and research to completely revise the book. The authors have increased the accessibility of the text by expanding explanations, using a less formal writing style, and assuming a lower level of mathematical and chemical knowledge, yet have taken
care not to sacrifice the depth and rigour of previous editions. They have gone on to extend coverage of the chemistry of the elements, to provide an extensive framework on which students can build their understanding of the subject.
The new edition mirrors its predecessors by seeking to inspire students. New 'Frontiers' chapters - including those on materials science, nanotechnology,
biological inorganic chemistry and environmental chemistry - open up to the student topics at the forefront of contemporary research, while examples throughout, showing the relevance of inorganic chemistry to real-life situations, encourage students to engage fully with the subject.
All these exciting new features and innovations are presented within a new full colour text design, to
stimulate and engage students still further.
Online Resource Centre:
The online resource centre contains 3D rotating molecular models, illustrations from the book in electronic format, web links, and additional questions. A solutions manual is available free to adopters.
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Readership: Undergraduates at all stages of their bachelors or masters chemistry degree programmes. Also a valuable reference for postgraduates and researchers.
| Contents |
Part 1. Foundations
1.
Atomic structure
2.
Molecular structure and bonding
3.
The structures of simple solids
4.
Acids & bases
5.
Oxidation and reduction
6.
Physical techniques in inorganic chemistry
7.
Molecular symmetry
8.
An introduction to coordination compounds
Part 2. The Elements and their Compounds
9.
Hydrogen
10.
The Group 1 elements
11.
The Group 2 elements
12.
The Group 13 elements
13.
The Group 14 elements
14.
The Group 15 elements
15.
The Group 16 elements
16.
The Group 17 elements
17.
The Group 18 elements
18.
The d-block metals
19.
d-metal complexes: Electronic structure & spectra
20.
d-metal complexes: Reactions in solution
21.
d-metal organometallic chemistry
22.
The f-block metals
Part 3. Frontiers
23.
Solid state and materials chemistry
24.
Nanomaterials, nanoscience and nanotechnology
25.
Catalysis
26.
Biological Inorganic chemistry
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Peter Atkins, Professor of Chemistry, Lincoln College, University of Oxford,
Tina Overton, University of Hull,
Jonathan Rourke, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Warwick,
Mark Weller, University of Southampton, and
Fraser Armstrong, University of Oxford
| Contributors:Professor Thomas Spiro, University of Princeton, USA.
Professor Ed Stiefel, University of Princeton, USA.
Professor (Assoc.) Michael Hagerman, Union College, USA.
Professor (Assoc.) Paul Salvador, Carnegie Mellon University, USA. |
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