This book is ideal for use in a one-semester introductory course in physical chemistry for students of life sciences. The author's aim is to emphasize the understanding of physical concepts rather than focus on precise mathematical development or on actual experimental details. Subsequently, only basic skills of differential and integral calculus are required for understanding the equations. The end-of-chapter problems have both physiochemical and biological applications.
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"Having read the text closely, I am most impressed by the enormous effort Raymond Chang has made in producing a very user-friendly text and the pains to which he has gone to explain all concepts as clearly as possible." --Keith Orrell, University of Exeter
"I searched in vain for a suitable one-semester P. Chem. textbook. With the publication of Physical Chemistry for the Biosciences by Raymond Chang, I now have a textbook that is just the right step up from what the students covered in General Chemistry with a focus appropriate for students going into the pre-medical sciences." --Jimmie M. Purser, Millsaps College
"In his new text, Chang clearly explains the fundamental principles of physical chemistry with an emphasis on biological systems. The mathematical derivations and examples are straightforward and easy to follow for undergraduate students." --Gary A. Lorigan, Miami University
"Raymond Chang has flawlessly condensed the fundamental concepts of Physical Chemistry clearly and concisely in a one-semester text, giving insightful illustrations that make intuitive sense to the reader. This text applies concepts in a way that will positively impact how Physical Chemistry is taught to students in the biological sciences." --Raymond Esquerra, San Francisco State University
"This is an excellent text for our undergraduate bioscience students who require advanced training in physical chemistry. It is primarily a physical chemistry textbook, and it does not scrimp on the key concepts of thermodynamics, kinetics, and molecular quantum mechanics. At the same time, the presentation style is clear and understandable, and the text is sprinkled with just enough biochemistry to maintain our students' interest." --Alan Van Orden, Colorado State University
Auflage
Sprache
Verlagsort
Mill Valley
Großbritannien
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Maße
Höhe: 27.4 cm
Breite: 20.8 cm
Dicke: 38 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-1-891389-33-7 (9781891389337)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
RAYMOND CHANG was born in Hong Kong and grew up in Shanghai and Hong Kong, China. He received his B.Sc. degree in chemistry from London University, UK and his Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Yale University USA. After doing postdoctoral research at Washington University and teaching for a year at Hunter College of the City University of New York, he joined the chemistry department at Williams College. Chang has served on the American Chemical Society Examination Committee and the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Committee. He is an editor of The Chemical Educator and has authored books on general chemistry and spectroscopy.
Introduction.- Properties of Gases.- The First Law of Thermodynamics.- The Second Law of Thermodynamics.- Solutions.- Chemical Equilibrium.- Electrochemistry.- Acids and Bases.- Chemical Kinetics.- Enzyme Kinetics.- Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Structure.- The Chemical Bond.- Intermolecular Forces.- Spectroscopy.- Photochemistry and Photobiology.- Macromolecules.- Appendices.- Glossary.- Answers to Even-Numbered Computational Problems.- Index.