Elements of Physical Chemistry has been carefully developed to help students increase their confidence when using physics and mathematics to answer fundamental questions about the structure of molecules, how chemical reactions take place, and why materials behave the way they do. Featuring an appealing design and layout, this acclaimed text provides extensive mathematical and pedagogical support while also remaining concise and accessible. For the seventh edition, the material has been reorganized into short "Topics," which are grouped into thematic "Focuses" to make the text more digestible for students and more flexible for instructors. At the beginning of each Topic, three questions are posed, emphasizing why it is important, what the key idea is, and what students should already know. PEDAGOGICAL FEATURES * Detailed "justification" boxes help students understand the crucial mathematics that underpins physical chemistry * Chemist's Toolkits present the foundations of physics and mathematics exactly where they are needed in the text * Frequent worked examples, self-test questions, and end-of-chapter exercises help students to gain confidence and experience in solving problems * Notes on good practice, key concept checklists, and equation labels and annotations provide additional support for students * A Companion Website provides instructors with a Test Bank of multiple-choice questions and downloadable figures and tables of data from the text. It also contains multiple-choice questions and numerical answers to end-of-chapter questions for students. "The textbook achieves a successful balance between being clear, direct, and rigorous. The pedagogical style of the text is so compelling that reading it parallels the impression of being in the actual presence of the authors as they teach the class." --Dr Lisandro Hernandez de la Peña, Kettering University "This book holds its own against competitors, and the authors make this text stand out by including additional features and roadmaps that are great innovations." --Dr William Alexander, The University of Memphis A tightly focused, engaging, and easy-to-follow text for the one-semester Physical Chemistry course, from a best-selling author team Peter Atkins is a Fellow of Lincoln College at the University of Oxford and the author of more than sixty books for students and a general audience. His texts are market-leaders around the globe. Julio de Paula is Professor of Chemistry and Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at Lewis & Clark College. His research activities encompass the areas of molecular spectroscopy, biophysical chemistry, and nanoscience.