Physical Chemistry is a difficult and diversified subject. Based on a good long spell of university teaching, this book lays emphasis on the structure and continuity of the whole subject and tries to show the relation of its various parts to one another. Certain themes or, one might almost say, leitmotifs run through physical chemistry, and these have been used to unify the composition. The treatment is neither historical nor formally deductive, but at each stage the author tries to indicate the route by which an inquiring mind might most simply and naturally proceed in its attempt to understand that part of the nature of things included in physical chemistry.

About the Author
The late Sir Cyril N. Hinshelwood (1897-1967) was Professor of Chemistry at the Physical Chemistry Laboratory South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QZ.

Reviews
The author is to be congratulated on a remarkably successful achievement. * The Chemical Age *
The reviewer...has no doubts that every chemist will, in addition to enjoying it's style and clarity, gain a deeper insight into the spirit of science if he reads it. * Chemist and Druggist Export Review *
...a masterpiece... * Oxford Magazine *



Book Information
ISBN 9780198570257
Author C. N. Hinshelwood
Format Paperback
Page Count 488
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 745g
Dimensions(mm) 233mm * 157mm * 27mm