Physical Chemistry for Students of Biochemistry and Medicine

Unusual features of this new text are a long chapter on atomic and molecular structure, a clear summary of modern ideas about biological oxidation and reduction, and the extreme detail with which even the most elementary mathematical operations are explained. The behavior of buffers is also discussed very fully. Mathematical expressions of the laws of physical chemistry are cut down to a minimum. Medical students will like the simplicity of the author's presentation, and they will get a good idea of the value of physical chemistry in the interpretation of biochemical phenomena. It is to be hoped, however, that graduate students will not gain the impression that the book covers all the physical chemistry they need to know if they expect to use the principles of this science in biochemical research.