Chemistry
Subtitle: a very short introduction
By: Peter Atkins
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Very short introduction ; 417; Very short introductions -- 417.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 107
ISBN-13: 9780199683970
Subjects: Chemistry
Description: A look at chemistry anew, through a chemist's eyes, in order to understand its central concepts and to see how it contributes not only towards our material comfort, but also to human culture.
Notes: "First published in hardback as "What is Chemistry?" 2013--T.p. Verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 101) and index.
Table of contents: title: Its origins, scope, and organization; title: Its principles: atoms and molecules; title: Its principles: energy and entropy; title: Its reactions; title: Its techniques; title: Its achievements; title: Its future; title: Periodic table.