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Print Price: $80.95

Format:
Paperback
576 pp.
294 figures, 171 mm x 246 mm

ISBN-13:
9780199205356

Publication date:
April 2008

Imprint: OUP UK


The Chemistry Maths Book

Second Edition

Erich Steiner

The Chemistry Maths Book provides a complete course companion suitable for students at all levels. All the most useful and important topics are covered, with numerous examples of applications in chemistry and the physical sciences.

Taking a clear, straightforward approach, the book develops ideas in a logical, coherent way, allowing students progressively to build a thorough working understanding of the subject.

Topics are organized into three parts: algebra, calculus, differential equations, and expansions in series; vectors, determinants and matrices; and numerical analysis and statistics. The extensive use of examples illustrates every important concept and method in the text, and are used to demonstrate applications of the mathematics in chemistry and several basic concepts in physics. The exercises at the end of each chapter, are an essential element of the development of the subject, and have been designed to give students a working understanding of the material in the text.

Students often feel unprepared and ill-equipped to cope with the mathematical content of their chemistry courses. The Chemistry Maths Book is the perfect guide through this challenging, yet essential, subject.

Readership : Chemistry undergraduates at all levels of study.

Reviews

  • `Review from previous edition It seems well suited both for its stated purpose and as a "brush-up" book for undergraduates, graduate students, and others. The mathematics are carried out briskly and with very little dressing ... there is much material to cover here and it works well through Steiner's particularly lucid presentation. The notion is standard and clear ... I am impressed with this book, I am sure that it will remain open on my desk and will become well worn in short order.
    '
    C. Michael McCallum, University of the Pacific, Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 74 No. 12 December 1997
  • `Review from previous edition It seems well suited both for its stated purpose and as a "brush-up" book for undergraduates, graduate students, and others. The mathematics are carried out briskly and with very little dressing ... there is much material to cover here and it works well through Steiner's particularly lucid presentation. The notation is standard and clear ... I am impressed with this book, I am sure that it will remain open on my desk and will become well worn in short order.
    '
    C. Michael McCallum, University of the Pacific, Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 74 No. 12 December 1997

1. Numbers, variables and units
2. Algebraic functions
3. Transcendental functions
4. Differentiation
5. Integration
6. Methods of integration
7. Sequences and series
8. Complex numbers
9. Functions of several variables
10. Functions in 3 dimensions
11. First-order differential equations
12. Second-order differential equations. Constant coefficients
13. Second-order differential equations. Some special functions
14. Partial differential equations
15. Orthogonal expansions. Fourier analysis
16. Vectors
17. Determinants
18. Matrices and linear transformations
19. The matrix eigenvalue problem
20. Numerical methods
21. Probability and statistics

Online Resource Centre:
The Online Resource Centre features the following resources for registered adopters of the text:
- Figures from the book in electronic format, ready to download
- Full worked solutions to all end of chapter exercises

Dr Erich Steiner is a former senior lecturer at the University of Exeter, UK.

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Special Features

  • Broad coverage captures all the key mathematical concepts and theories with which a chemist should be familiar, making it the ideal reference throughout your studies.
  • The author's unfussy approach lets the subject speak for itself, using a combination of straightforward explanations and reinforcing examples.
  • The much-praised lucid writing style leads the student through even the most challenging topics in a steady, engaging way.
  • Extensive range of worked examples demonstrate every important concept and method in the text, to help the student grasp the material being presented.
  • End of chapter exercises encourage the student to learn through hands-on practice.
  • Online Resource Centre features additional resources for registered adopters of the text, to facilitate its use in teaching.