book description of peter akins

Book Description - Peter Atkins

Written for calculus-inclusive general chemistrycourses, Chemical Principles helps students developchemical insight by showing the connectionsbetween fundamental chemical ideas and theirapplications. Unlike other texts, it begins with adetailed picture of the atom then builds towardchemistry’s frontier, continually demonstrating howto solve problems, think about nature and matter,and visualize chemical concepts as workingchemists do.lexibility in level is crucial, and is largelyestablished through clearly labeling !separating inboxes" the calculus coverage in the text# $nstructorshave the option of whether to incorporate calculusin the coverage of topics.

%he multimedia integration of Chemical Principles ismore deeply established than any other text for thiscourse. %hrough the uni&ue e'ook, thecomprehensive (hemistry )ortal, *iving +raph iconsthat connect the text to the Web, and a completeset of animations, students can take full advantageof the wealth of resources available to them to helpthem learn and gain a deeper understanding.