Description
The Essential Guide to Environmental Chemistry outlines the problems and issues facing the environmental chemist throughout the ecosystem. Presented as a ?pocket-atlas?, this useful guide provides a concise overview of environmental pollution in air, water and soil as well as strategies for environmental analysis.
- Unique format with text and illustrations on facing pages
- Clear, full colour schematic diagrams making up 50% of the book
- A ?must-have? for undergraduates/graduates in this field
About the Author
Georg Schwedt studied chemistry at the University of GOEttingen, Germany, and received his Ph.D. from the University of Hanover, Germany. Schwedt was appointed Director of the Institute of Food Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry at the University of Stuttgart. From 1987 until his retirement in 2006, he has been Professor of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry at the Clausthal University of Technology. Since 2006, he has worked at the University of Bonn, Germany. Schwedt is the author of several analytical chemistry textbooks and a large number of popular science books.
Reviews
".... valuable addition to the range of available texts ..." (Times Higher Educational Supplement, 4 January 2002)
"a useful source of reference" (World Surface Coatings Abstracts, January 2002
"a useful primer" (Industry Environment, January-March 2002)
"...The format of the book, with abundant high-quality colour illustrations excellent..." (Chemistry & Industry,5 August 2002)
"...This guide will be a must for undergraduate, graduate students taking environmental sciences course." (Int Jnl of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 82, No.10 2002)
"...This nice little book is something you would like to posess at once, given the chance to look through it for a minute..." (Int Jnl of Environment and Pollution, Vol.19, No.1, 2003)
"...a small compendium covering a truly wide array of topics with a didactically well written and presented range..." (Environmental Geology, Vol 44(876). 2003)
Book Information
ISBN 9780471899549
Author Georg Schwedt
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
Weight(grams) 386g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 132mm * 18mm
