Through an innovative combination of image and text, Peter Atkins explains the processes involved in chemical reactions. He introduces the 'tool kit' of basic reactions, such as precipitation, corrosion, and catalysis, and shows how these building blocks are brought together in more complex processes such as photosynthesis.

Crisp and clear treatment of a central topic of science - chemical reactions - with full colour integrated images throughout Fascinating and novel approach using a design in which the text and chemical images are linked together Presents the most effective static 2-dimensional representation and explanation of many dynamic chemical processes Outlines the chemist's 'tool kit' of reactions and looks at how these are linked together to create complex molecular forms

Peter Atkins is Fellow of Lincoln College, University of Oxford. He is the author of almost 60 books, which include the world-renowned textbook Physical Chemistry (published in its ninth edition in November 2009). His other textbooks include Inorganic Chemistry: Chemical Principles and Molecular Quantum Mechanics. He has also written a number of books for a general readership, including Galileo's Finger: The Ten Great Ideas of Science, The Periodic Kingdom, Molecules, and The Laws of Thermodynamics: A Very Short Introduction. He has been a visiting professor in France, Israel, New Zealand, and China, and continues to lecture widely throughout the world.

Crisp and clear treatment of a central topic of science - chemical reactions - with full colour integrated images throughout Fascinating and novel approach using a design in which the text and chemical images are linked together Presents the most effective static 2-dimensional representation and explanation of many dynamic chemical processes Outlines the chemist's 'tool kit' of reactions and looks at how these are linked together to create complex molecular forms