Viva Books Physical Chemistry a Molecular Approach

Some small mistakes here and there, but the organization is excellent.

This book is panecea for those who actually want to improve Physical Chemistry..Specially math's portion is also unique part of this book ....

The subtitle "A molecular approach" is extremely fitting for this unique P. Chem textbook. Many P. Chem textbooks (like Atkins et al) start with thermodynamics and thermochemistry. However, there is a problem -- statistical mechanics is necessary for any reasonable modern understanding of thermodynamics. This statistical mechanics is often relegated to a later chapter, or selected results are quoted without discussion. Quantum theory, on which much of stat mech is hinged, is usually somewhere in the middle of the book where chemical bonding is described, after thermo, but before a treatment of kinetics and transition state theory, sometimes with implicit statistical mechanical assumptions. While this is consistent with the historical development of the subject, it gives the field a disjointed impression and is illogical and poor pedagogy.McQuarrie is revolutionary in that it teaches the fundamentals of quantum theory first, and bases all the other subjects of the book on a microscopic, atomic/molecular standpoint. This puts everything on solid intellectual ground, and students see the subject presented in a unified, logical, and deductive fashion, without having to accept too many "facts" on faith. It is a pleasure to read, with adequate mathematical review for students whose background in calculus/complex numbers/probability might be weak.There is more than enough in this text for a two semester quantum and thermo/stat mech. sequence. There is also a good deal on computational chemistry. (Unfortunately, DFT is not discussed, although McQuarrie's q chem book discusses it in detail.)Also, the typesetting, done with LaTeX (MathTime modification) is aesthetically pleasing to behold.

Soy profesor universitario, y opino que este libro de Química Física es de la máxima calidad y utilidad. Su enfoque molecular se aproxima mucho a mi forma de entender la Química. Hay muchos ejemplos y ejercicios, propuestos y resuletos (algunos) lo cual facilita la tarea del profesor a la hora de encontrar actividades para los alumnos.

Ottimo libro di chimica quantistica. Questa è la versione più economica che niente ha da invidiare a quella più costosa. Le figure sono in bianco e nero, ma tanto i colori qui servono a poco. È tutto molto ben spiegato e contiene tutti gli argomenti dell'esame Chimica Fisica (meccanica quantistica). Frequento Chimica, il nostro prof ce l'ha consigliato. Sono presenti anche appendici molto utili che richiamano brevemente i concetti che servono di matematica. Una vera e propria Bibbia necessaria nella biblioteca di un chimico. L'inglese presente è facilmente comprensibile e il tutto è ben spiegato: l'autore ti prende per mano e ti accompagna per tutto il viaggio della chimica fisica.