Significant re-organisation of the material within each chapter into discrete 'topics' makes the text more readable for students and more flexible for instructors to teach from The coupling of the broad coverage of the subject with a structure and use of pedagogy that is even more innovative will ensure Atkins' Physical Chemistry remains Atkins' Physical Chemistry of choice for studying physical chemistry. The mathematics support for students has also been significantly expanded, with the addition of new Chemist's toolkit boxes, which provide useful reminders of essential mathematical concepts and techniques. The extensive learning support provided throughout Atkins' Physical Chemistry now includes new checklists of key concepts at the end of each topic, to reinforce the main take-home messages in each section. This restructuring increases the digestibility of the text for students, while making it more flexible for lecturers to teach from. Material within chapters has been radically reorganised into discrete topics, to give the text an inviting modular feel. The exceptional quality of previous editions has been built upon to make the tenth edition of Atkins' Physical Chemistry even more closely suited to the needs of both lecturers and students.
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