Physical Chemistry - How Chemistry Works

Physical Chemistry: How Chemistry Works is a modern and accessible undergraduate textbook which takes a fresh approach to teaching in physical chemistry, to prepare students for how they will actually employ physical chemistry in real life. Designed to excite and engage all students of chemistry, the pedagogical style and practical, contemporary examples allows them to remember more of physical chemistry, not just that it was the hardest course they ever took! For students who are not planning to specialize in physical chemistry, this text presents the mathematical and physical machinery to facilitate an understanding of the physical chemical aspects of any system, allowing students of inorganic, organic, analytical and biochemistry to be fluent in the essentials of physical chemistry that are required to understand synthesis, intermolecular interactions, detection and materials properties. For students who are deeply interested in the subject of physical chemistry, the textbook facilitates further study by connecting them to the frontiers of research.

For each chapter there are worked examples and exercises of several levels: discussion questions, simple equation manipulation questions and problem solving exercises, accompanied by an online solutions manual for instructors.

Professor Kurt W. Kolasinski, West Chester University, Pennsylvania, USA
Kurt Kolasinski has been an Associate Professor of physical chemistry at West Chester University since 2011 having joined the faculty in 2006. He has held faculty positions at the University of Virginia (2004 - 2006), Queen Mary University of London (2001–2004), and the University of Birmingham (UK) (1995 - 2001). His research focuses on surface science, laser/surface interactions and nanoscience. A particular area of expertise is the formation of nanostructures in silicon and porous silicon using a variety of chemical and laser-based techniques. He is the author of over 90 scholarly publications as well as the widely used textbook Surface Science: Foundations of Catalysis and Nanoscience, which appeared in its third edition in 2012.