This novel textbook is an introduction to modern physical chemistry. Emphasis is placed on the very ideas of this science. The material is presented in a rather concise manner, but at the same time the author sought to stay up to the requirements of both the rigor of the presentation and a fairly representative amount of information.
The author set out to convey to the reader the most important ideas of modern physical chemistry, believing that all the necessary details of each specific section are now easy to find on the Internet. At the same time, the scope of the provided information and the totality of the formulaic material are sufficient to solve the main set of tasks related to the study of this course.
The addressees of the textbook are students studying chemistry, physics, and engineering, and also researchers using physicochemical methods, employees in chemical industries, and teachers wanting to improve their knowledge in these topics. It can be used by the readers with a not so high background; the mathematics and physics here are simple and demand the level corresponding to the first course of the technical university.
Most chemists have little understanding of crystallography. This book provides a basic, non-mathematical education on crystallographic methods, written in language chemists use. It is designed for students and any chemist who has had no instruction in the subject.