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# Chemistry: A Very Short Introduction

**Brand:** peter atkins
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- **What is this?** Chemistry: A Very Short Introduction by peter atkins
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Chemistry: A Very Short Introduction

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## Customer Reviews

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    You won't learn chemistry, but a framework on which to hang further learning.
  

*by L***R on Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2015*

A well written introduction, if too short. There is very little detail here so the amount of technical material one needs to absorb is small. But, the book does an excellent job of creating a framework under which to hang further chemistry knowledge if the reader decides to learn more.I understand little of chemistry, limited as I am to the mandatory high school chemistry course and one course in college, some 50 years ago, having learned chemistry mechanics without any chemistry concepts. The book gave me several ahah moments, and concepts. Enthalpy vs entropy vs energy. That if a chemical formula begins with H, it's an acid. An acid transfers protons. Where the terms oxidation and reduction come from. The framework of only four kinds of chemical reactions: acid-base, redox, radical reactions, and Lewis acids. When an electron cloud is pulled to another atom it may bring along the rest of its atom. The other framework is the few basic techniques that go on in the chemical laboratory.The book is certainly worth more than the few dollars being asked for. The silliness of the first review can be safely ignored.

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    More of very brief stream of consciousness about chemistry
  

*by D***L on Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2019*

You can tell Atkins really knows his stuff and is very passionate about chemistry. So much so that he feels the need to explain how all other branches of science depend on his. Usually it's low-confidence physicists who do this, but I guess some low-confidence chemists want to put themselves over others, too. The book itself is a jumble of his thoughts about chemistry that covers a lot of aspects of chemical philosophy, without very much chemical science. Three stars because there are a few excellent sections on the science bogged down in a lot of other fluff.

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    Good Introduction to a very complex subject
  

*by T***M on Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2018*

I particularly liked the descriptions of where chemistry will lead in the future. The reason I gave the book four stars is the lack of illustrations of some of the basics, and my recollection of being laughed at by a lab instructor during analytical chemistry because of my horrible lab technique.  Many of the difficulties of chemistry can not be understood without having a better understanding of the absolute requirement to be proficient in the lab and the amount of time that the lab demands, and the potential dangers while learning, and during experiments. Much time and energy can be wasted.  I agree with the positive attitude about chemistry in the book, but feel it needs more cautionary material.

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