Physical Chemistry | 
 enlarge | Authors: Robert J. Silbey, Robert A. Alberty
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 929665
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 3
Pages: 980
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.6
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 8.4 x 1.6
ISBN: 0471383112
Dewey Decimal Number: 541.3
EAN: 9780471383116
Publication Date: July 6, 2000
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Condition: Cover worn at edges. Used - Good. Sound Copy. Mild Reading Wear.
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This book has been the market leader for the past 80 years due to its clear explanations of the concepts and methods of physical chemistry. The thoroughly revised text combines an emphasis on problem solving by including 136 new Mathmatica problems, with enhanced pedagogy and technology integration.
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 Excellent supplement for serious treatments of physical chem November 9, 2003
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
This is an excellent text for serious and independent students of physical chemistry looking for interactive learning experiences. It is not for dabblers, but for the preparation of future practitioners in the field. The book maintains a balance between presenting the material in the text outright and asking the student to participate in his/her own understanding of physical chemical principles by a "discovering by doing" philosophy. If you cannot stand a "fill in the blanks" sort of Socratic method in a book, then this is probably not your cup of tea. But for people who want to thoroughly understand the material on a very detailed level, this is one of the best teaching techniques around. Having taken the course offered by Silbey and used this text for that undergraduate physical chemistry course, I can say that no other method serves the student as well in giving the student an opportunity for an intuitive understanding of the material. If you are serious about understanding this material beyond throwing down the equations and crunching the math, it will be well worth taking Silbey and Alberty's lead on this strong introduction and journey through PChem.
The Best Physical Chem book on the market September 16, 1998
rstiles@eden.rutgers.edu (new jersey, USA)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
In comparassion to other undergraduate P. Chem books this one stands head and shoulders above the rest. It blends together the calculus and chemistry of the subject in such a way as to completely get the point across. In another surprising turn it also keeps the reader interested in the subject matter, something that other texts on the subject fail to do. The examples and problems are clear to follow and further get the point across. Without this text I would have been lost in my P. Chem class.
 A Great Undergrad P-Chem book November 22, 1999
Russell DeWitte (UMass Dartmouth)
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is a book that I originally got out of the campus library to try to make sense of Atkins' P-CHem book. The Atkin's Book assumes that you already know a lot of basic assumptions which most of my class does not seem to know. Alberty and Silbey do not make these assumptions. THough Atkins goes into more detail, Alberty and SIbley have a nice book to make a solid foundation on.
 A text for past generations August 1, 2004
athens (athens)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
As far as I know, there is no good p-chem text around, especially for this generation of students. The various editions of this text has been around for 80 years and it had helped several generations of students to learn p-chem. Not anymore. Very few students of this generation can handle it unless he/she has a very solid math, physics, and chemistry background, can read books written in formal english, and is serious about his/her study. I personally know math majors who are about to graduate with good grades who even have hard time with simple algebra. In conclusion, this book is not very helpful to most today's students. The text by Atkins is a little easier to read. But I'm not sure if today's students will find it much better than this one.
Could be better. May 29, 2002
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Alberty and Silbey contains the information needed in order to learn the material, however, the presentation is haphazard and many derivations/explanations are left out. I recommend reading the series of books written by Dan McQuarrie, or another supplement, then going back to alberty and silbey. The exercises at the end of the chapters are very useful, and I recommend getting the solutions manual for step-by-step explanations.
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