A Life Scientist's Guide to Physical Chemistry

Marc R. Roussel (Professor, University of Lethbridge, Alberta)

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Cambridge University Press
05 April 2012

Physical chemistry; Nuclear chemistry, photochemistry & radiation; Quantum & theoretical chemistry; Solid state chemistry; Thermochemistry & chemical thermodynamics

Motivating students to engage with physical chemistry through biological examples, this textbook demonstrates how the tools of physical chemistry can be used to illuminate biological questions. It clearly explains key principles and their relevance to life science students, using only the most straightforward and relevant mathematical tools. More than 350 exercises are spread throughout the chapters, covering a wide range of biological applications and explaining issues that students often find challenging. These, along with problems at the end of each chapter and end-of-term review questions, encourage active and continuous study. Over 130 worked examples, many deriving directly from life sciences, help students connect principles and theories to their own laboratory studies. Connections between experimental measurements and key theoretical quantities are frequently highlighted and reinforced. Answers to the exercises are included in the book. Fully worked solutions and answers to the review problems, password-protected for instructors, are available at www.cambridge.org/roussel.

By: Marc R. Roussel (Professor University of Lethbridge Alberta)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 255mm, Width: 184mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 1.040kg
ISBN: 9781107006782
ISBN 10: 1107006783
Pages: 456
Publication Date: 05 April 2012
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface; 1. Orientation: what is physical chemistry about?; A note on graph axis labels and table headings; Part I. Quantum Mechanics and Spectroscopy: 2. A quick tour of quantum mechanical ideas; 3. Spectroscopy; Part II. Thermodynamics: 4. Thermodynamics preliminaries; 5. The first law; 6. The second law of thermodynamics; 7. Free energy; 8. Chemical equilibrium and coupled reactions; 9. Non-ideal behavior; 10. Electrochemistry; Part III. Kinetics: 11. Basics of chemical kinetics; 12. Initial rate experiments and simple empirical rate laws; 13. Integrated rate laws; 14. Complex reactions; 15. Enzyme kinetics; 16. Techniques for studying fast reactions; 17. Factors that affect the rate constant; 18. Diffusion and reactions in solution; Appendix A. End-of-term review problems; Appendix B. Answers to exercises; Appendix C. Standard thermodynamic properties at 298.15K and 1 bar; Appendix D. Standard reduction potentials at 298.15K; Appendix E. Physical properties of water; Appendix F. The SI system of units; Appendix G. Universal constants and conversion factors; Appendix H. Periodic table of the elements, with molar masses; Appendix I. Selected isotopic masses and abundances; Appendix J. Exponentials and logarithms; Appendix K. Review of integral calculus; Index.

Marc R. Roussel is Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Lethbridge, Canada. His research on the dynamics of biological systems lies at the interface of chemistry, biology and mathematics. He has been teaching physical chemistry for the past fifteen years.

Reviews for A Life Scientist's Guide to Physical Chemistry

'Roussel's text would be very well suited for our one-semester physical chemistry for life sciences course.' Jochen Autschbach, State University of New York, Buffalo 'Professor Roussel has produced a fantastic book for those interested in learning about physical chemistry. Although it is aimed at students of the life sciences, anyone can benefit from his clear explanations and worked examples. His writing style is very conversational, which makes reading the text a pleasure. The choices of problems are relevant and interesting, as are the suggested readings. I highly recommend this book to anyone who plans on teaching a course in physical chemistry for biochemists and molecular biologists.' Michael S. Sommer, University of Wyoming 'Although conversational in style ... this is a rigorous, authoritative and yet remarkably up-to-date piece of work. It will be particularly enticing for biochemistry and molecular biology students, and seems destined to go through many more editions in future.' Dr Bernard Dixon OBE, The Biologist