Physical Chemistry

Abstract

ONE of the chief difficulties in writing a book on physical chemistry is to decide which parts of the subject are to be included. Dr. Moelwyn-Hughes has solved this difficulty by confining himself almost entirely to those topics which can be treated quantitatively in terms of molecular or quantum theory, omitting (among other things) the whole of the physical chemistry of solutions. The title “Physical Chemistry: an Introduction” is thus rather misleading, though the subjects treated form a coherent whole and provide an excellent demonstration of the power of modern physical methods.

Physical Chemistry

An Introduction. By Dr. E. A. Moelwyn-Hughes. Pp. viii + 660. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1940.) 45s. net.