John Wiley & Sons Ltd,ISBN 0-471-49180-2 (acid-free paper)
ISBN 0-471-49181-0 (pbk)
Copyright C 2004
Book Description,
Some people make physical chemistry sound more confusing than it really is. One of their best tricks is to define it inaccurately, saying it is ‘the physics of chemicals’. This definition is sometimes quite good, since it suggests we look at a chemical system and ascertain how it follows the laws of nature. This is true, but it suggests that chemistry is merely a sub-branch of physics; and the notoriously mathematical nature of physics impels us to avoid this otherwise useful way of looking at physical chemistry. An alternative and more user-friendly definition tells us that physical chemistry supplies ‘the laws of chemistry’, and is an addition to the making of chemicals. This is a superior lens through which to view our topic because we avoid the bitter aftertaste of pure physics, and start to look more closely at physical chemistry as an applied science: we do not look at the topic merely for the sake of looking, but because there are real-life situations requiring a scientific explanation.
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Some people make physical chemistry sound more confusing than it really is. One of their best tricks is to define it inaccurately, saying it is ‘the physics of chemicals’. This definition is sometimes quite good, since it suggests we look at a chemical system and ascertain how it follows the laws of nature. This is true, but it suggests that chemistry is merely a sub-branch of physics; and the notoriously mathematical nature of physics impels us to avoid this otherwise useful way of looking at physical chemistry. An alternative and more user-friendly definition tells us that physical chemistry supplies ‘the laws of chemistry’, and is an addition to the making of chemicals. This is a superior lens through which to view our topic because we avoid the bitter aftertaste of pure physics, and start to look more closely at physical chemistry as an applied science: we do not look at the topic merely for the sake of looking, but because there are real-life situations requiring a scientific explanation.
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