Claim: Physical Chemistry by P.W. Atkins--not to be confused with the one by Berry, Rice, and Ross--changed the way that its subject was taught; it has gone through ten revisions since its publication.
Evidence: Peter William Atkins FRSC (born 10 August 1940) is an English chemist and a Fellow of Lincoln College at the University of Oxford. He is a prolific writer of popular chemistry textbooks, including Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Molecular Quantum Mechanics. Physical Chemistry: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press. 2014. ISBN 978-0-19-968909-5. Atkins, Peter W.; de Paula, Julio; Friedman, Ronald (2009). Quanta, Matter, and Change: A molecular approach to physical chemistry. New York: W. H. Freeman. ISBN 978-0-7167-6117-4. Atkins, Peter W.; de Paula, Julio (2017). Physical Chemistry (11th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-876986-6. Atkins, Peter W.; de Paula, Julio (2011). Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences (2nd ed.). W.H. Freeman & Company. ISBN 978-1-4292-3114-5.