In this investigation into the nature of the cosmos, P.W. Atkins explores the fundamental questions of modern science: the existence of the universe, time, chance, life and consciousness. Once we understand the building blocks of nature, such as quarks, electrons and the forces that hold them all together, it becomes possible to reconstruct, in principle, the process which first led to elements, then to more complex organisms, culminating in conscious human beings. By claiming that only the very simplest things appeared when the cosmos was formed, P.W. Atkins argues against the need for a creator. He tackles such questions as how coiled space-time emerged by chance out of its own dust, why physical change is always driven by decay and increasing chaos, and how consciousness required both a warm, stable platform like the Earth and a four-dimensional universe of space and time. He examines why light travels in straight lines and why there is only one dimension of time, as well as the most puzzling question of all: how something can come from nothing. First published in 1981 as "The Creation", this book has been revised ad includes an updated commentary and new chapter which considers how mathematics works as a description of the world and why it may provide the means of explaining the origins of the cosmos and consciousness. Complete knowledge, Atkins believes, is just within our grasp; in substaining that claim, he reveals the full power of modern scientific thinking.

Creation Revisited

Atkins, P.W.

Science & Math

Penguin Group USA

Molecular Quantum Mechanics Vol 1 Pts 1&2

Chemistry

Oxford University Press

Physical Chemistry

This volume offers an introduction and reference for the topic of physical chemistry. Subjects covered include: orientation and background; eqilibrium; the properties of gases; physical transformations of pure substances; and the properties of simple mixtures.

Physical chemistry

Freeman

SOLUTIONS MANUAL FOR PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY.

Oxford

Thoroughly rewritten from start to finish, the second edition of this text provides a complete, highly accessible introduction to quantum chemistry.

Molecular Quantum Mechanics

Thoroughly rewritten from start to finish, the second edition of this text provides a complete, highly accessible introduction to quantum chemistry.

Molecular quantum mechanics

Biological Sciences

Contains the author's detailed solutions of almost every one of the 267 problems contained in the second edition of this textbook.

Solutions Manual for Molecular Quantum Mechanics

857p large heavy paperback, very good, nice fresh copy of the third edition, almost as new

Physical Chemistry. Third Edition.

This manual contains the authors' detailed solutions to almost every one of the problems contained in the third edition of Physical Chemistry . It will be valuable both to the instructors and lecturers who have adopted the parent text, and to the students themselves.

Solutions Manual for Physical Chemistry

Inorganic chemistry is a vast and important subject, covering the chemistry of over 100 elements. This text aims to convey the principles and facts in a way that is both understandable and enjoyable to undergraduates. The material and the emphasis to various topics has been selected with great care to give a balanced view of the subject, and chemical facts are presented in a framework of interpretation. Thus, reactions and structures are presented within the context of broad chemical concepts and periodic trends. Each chapter closes with a list of key points to facilitate review. Examples in the text help to illustrate important points, and end-of chapter exercises and problems help to emphasize their importance. This edition is divided into three parts. Part 1 covers atomic structure and molecular and solid state structure and bonding. The second section opens with a new chapter on the chemistry of metals. The coverage of main group chemistry in the remaining chapters of this section has been expanded and refined. Part 3 covers bonding, spectra and reactions of d-block complexes, and d-block organometallic compounds, catalysis and bioinorganic chemistry.

Inorganic Chemistry

Langford, Cooper Harold

Shriver, D.F.

Oxford Univ. Pr.

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