Student Solutions Manual

I am a chemical engineer / physical chemist, and am now searching for a different physical chemistry textbook to use with my undergraduate students when I found this gem. I was fortunate enough to have sat for an undergraduate pchem and two graduate quantum classes with Dr. Raff and had found him to be the best - and by far the most challenging - instructor I have ever had. That being said, I have hoped for years to see him author a textbook - this is it. The approach is fundamental, presenting applications, background, and associated mathematics for the concept. The material is well-organized, and each chapter builds upon the concepts presented in the last. I have just finished skimming through some of the text chapters, and find the material to be as clear, thorough, and detailed as I remember, with challenging examples and problems for practice. I shall be using the text this fall with my students.

If you ever wanted a textbook that explained Physical Chemistry and made the concepts much more accessible this is the BOOK!!! Let me repeat myself this is the BOOK!!! This book explains Physical Chemistry better than any other text than I've ever encountered with the possible exception of the textbook by David W. Ball simply titled Physical Chemistry. Buy this book!!! I repeat BUY THIS BOOK!!!!

Raff's relaxed writing style allows the student of physical chemistry to easily learn the concepts underlying the theory behind them. The worked example problems are explained in explicit detail and give the reader a good understanding of the applications of the subject. The equations are derived in a step-by-step method that anyone can follow and quickly learn. In short, it's a wonderful book that helped me learn a difficult subject!