Chang's newest text has been shortened, streamlined and optimized for a one-semester introductory course in physical chemistry for students of biosciences. Most students enrolled in this course have taken general chemistry, organic chemistry, and a year of physics and calculus. Only basic skills of differential and integral calculus are required for understanding the equations. For premedical students, this text will form the basis for taking courses like physiology in medical school. For those intending to pursue graduate study in biosciences, the material presented here will serve as an introduction to topics in biophysical chemistry courses, where more advanced texts such as those by Gennis, van Holde, and Cantor & Schimmel are used. The author's aim is to emphasize understanding physical concepts rather than focusing on precise mathematical development or on actual experimental details. The end-of-chapter problems have both physiochemical and biological applications.
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Physical Chemistry for the Biosciences has been optimized for a one-semester introductory course in physical chemistry for students of biosciences.
Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Properties of Gases Chapter 3 The First Law of Thermodynamics Chapter 4 The Second Law of Thermodynamics Chapter 5 Solutions Chapter 6 Chemical Equilibrium Chapter 7 Electrochemistry Chapter 8 Acids and Bases Chapter 9 Chemical Kinetics Chapter 10 Enzyme Kinetics Chapter 11 Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Structure Chapter 12 The Chemical Bond Chapter 13 Intermolecular Forces Chapter 14 Spectroscopy Chapter 15 Photochemistry and Photobiology Chapter 16 Macromolecules Appendices Glossary Answers to Even-Numbered Computational Problems Index
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ISBN
9781891389337
Publisert
2005-02-11
Utgiver
Vendor
University Science Books,U.S.
Vekt
1605 gr
Høyde
267 mm
Bredde
210 mm
Dybde
38 mm
Aldersnivå
05, 06, U, P
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
772

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Biographical note

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.