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Summary: not written very well
Review: When I was studying physical chemistry, I did not enjoy reading this book. Instead I went to my school library in order to check out other physical chemistry books which explained the material in a more concise, coherent manner. Problems with the book include the fact that: (1) the print is small, (2) the author does not use boldface terms in order to distinguish those equations and ideas which are important and (3) the author repeats certain ideas far too often while failing to address others. I hope that a new book will be used next semester.
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Summary: Hard to follow and understand
Review: I found this book hard to follow, and the problems confusing to understand even after reading the chapters. Many of the exercises were difficult to figure what was wanted. This along with lack of proves for many of the formulas made this one of my least liked texts books.
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Summary: Mathematically rigorous and lucid, mostly
Review: I used the 2nd edition, 1983, in my undergraduate physical chemistry courses, because one of the lecturers strongly recommended it. Physical chemistry is not an easy subject, but this book provides both concepts and machinery to give a good general grounding. The shaded boxes are useful for the core material.Certainly it wasn't deep enough for the specialist spectroscopic work of my Ph.D. thesis. But this wasn't its intention - it was pretty good for my non-spectroscopist classmates. It's unreasonable to demand great depth in selected parts of a huge field like physical chemistry in a general text book. It would be hard to beat.
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Summary: A poorly organized text. Get solutions manual; you need it.
Review: This was a disappointing book that lacked clarity and a recognizable structure. It made my course a misery as I trudged through the unclear writing and poor examples. The accompanying solutions manual was very helpful, though. DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK! Do not choose it for your course. If you do have to buy it because your foolish prof. chose it, make sure to get the solutions manual.
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Summary: THIS IS NICE BOOK FOR PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
Review: THIS IS VERY GOOD &NICE BOOK IN THE PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY THIS BOOK IS IN THE OUR COURES ADDRESS IS = L837 11-E U.P SOCITY NORTH KARACHI PAKISTAN
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Summary: I knew less P-chemistry after I read the book then before...
Review: This nightmarish textbook might perhaps be good only for those who have already studied physical chemistry and want to refresh their memory. But as an introduction to the subject, the text is just too condensed. Atkins goes through the material too quickly without developing the necessary QUALITATIVE concepts first and then trying to put them in mathematical language. I used this book for introductory thermodynamics and chemical kinetics courses and really felt that I didn't belong to a university...
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Summary: Junk !
Review: This book is not worth to buy. It made easy materials become very complicated. Apparently,the writer just wanted the students to feel stupid. Avoid this book !
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Summary: Very organized and excellent book !
Review: This is the only book written to help students understand P-Chem. Unlike Peter Atkins (who wrote a junk), McQuarrie and Simon manage to write a clear textbook. I can't believe that I can understand P-Chem from this book. There are some typos but it doesn't really matter. Make sure to also buy the solution written by Cox.
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Summary: useless, expensive, confusing
Review: I am a lecturer for a P-Chem course and I found this book terrible. It didn't help students learning at all. Problems given at the end of every chapters might be good for practice. However, it won't help you a lot in understanding the beauty of P-Chem course.
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Summary: Useless textbook
Review: This textbook was not worth the money you spent. You won't gain any knowledge from the book. Even the professor who taught the P-Chem course found this book very badly written and useless. If your P-Chem instructor told you to buy this book, neglect him/her and buy McQuarrie's (very good) or Levine's Physical Chemistry instead.
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