Author Description

The authors offer more examples, more figures and many new problems. Two parallel sets of problems end each chapter. Begins by demonstrating the power and limits of thermodynamics with a more systematic treatment of the second law and more focus on entrophy. Section Two deals with the description of molecular properties and spectroscopy utilizing quantum mechanical ideas. Introduced early--eigenvectors, eigenvalues and linear operators appear throughout. Section Three, dealing with statistical mechanics and kinetics, has been completely revised in a clear and interesting way. The final section, Macroscopic and Microscopic Structures, provides two new chapters on macromolecules and surface dynamics, emphasizing the application of SI units and the use of seven base units to represent all physical quantities.