Physical Chmeistry Vol-1 (Paperback)

This book is a large book because my aim is to present the subject and not just to present a multitude of equations and reactions. Thus, it is written in the detailed, step-by-step fashion as a text book. There is some difference of opinion at the present time as to whether current ideas about the nature of matter and the structure of the atom should be assumed and taken as the basis from which the rest of chemistry should be developed or whether the evidence of these accepted views should first be discussed and the logical conclusions developed by them. In this book an attempt has been made to meet both point of view by including a new section, immediately after the introductory historical one, summarizing the present ideas, before embarking upon the succession of sections, setting forth chronologically the accumulation of the evidence. Entire subject matter has been presented as a comprehensive and self-sufficient so that one gets the knowledge systematically from it.

About the Author
Dr. Shyam Singh, Ex-Deputy Director, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, is presently working as a Professor in Chemistry at the Azad Institute of Engineering & Technology, and Coordinator at the Azad Institute of Pharmacy & Research, Lucknow. Earlier, after obtaining his Ph.D. in stereochemistry and spectroscopy from the University of London in 1972, he has held senior positions as scientist at the Raman Research Institute, Lucknow, and visiting scientist at Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, USA, and University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.

After a brilliant academic record, Dr. Shyam Singh entered into a specialized research carrier focused on the chemistry and biology of human plasma lipoproteins, coronary heart diseases, and use of synthetic and spectroscopic techniques. At the Central Drug Research Institute, he has headed the divisions of Biopolymers and Physiology, and supervised several M.D. (Medicine), D.M. (Cardiology), and Ph.D. these on a variety of subjects. He has been a consultant, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics departments of the Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati.

Dr. Shyam Singh is a member of several professional bodies and has made valuable contributions to popularization of science and technology. His research has been always funded by national funding agencies; ICMR, DST and DBT. He has more than eighty publications; majority of them is published in international journals, and the work is widely cited.

Table of Contents
* Introduction
* Atomic Structure
* States of Matter
* The Molecules And Avogadro`s Law
* Chemical Change
* Atomic Weights
* Formulas and Equations
* Classification of the Elements and Periodicity
* The Nature of Matter
* Chemical Bonding
* Crystal Structure
* Nuclear Chemistry
* Solutions and Phase Rules
* Electrochemistry
* Chemical Equilibrium and Chemical Kinetics
* Chemical Thermodynamics and Chemical Energetics
* The Colloidal State