Physical chemistry

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1. yomlyJun 2020
   For Chemistry - Atkins' Physical Chemistry and Claydens' Organic Chemistry are the bibles.

   Will take you from undergrad to bits of grad school. Encompassing and clear.

   It was a bit harder to find as good a bible for inorganic chemistry.

   Softley' Atomic Spectra and Keeler's Why Chemical Reactions Happen are phenomenal primers too but are a bit smaller in scope than the aforementioned two.

   The same Atkins from above also wrote Molecular Quantum Mechanics which is also a solid text

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2. nkrsApr 2017
   Physical Chemistry by Peter Atkins
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3. crescit_eundoMay 2024
   “University of Oxford chemist Peter Atkins has made the digital version of his book Concepts in Physical Chemistry free to download.

   The retired Oxford professor said he had opted to give the e-book away – as part of a special collaboration with the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) – as a ‘gift and a thanks to the community’ who have given his other books a ‘loyal following’ over the years. ‘On reflection, I can also see that this is a way of reaching out to people who simply can’t afford the big book,’ he said, which sells for £75 in hardback.”

       book download link from Royal Society of Chemistry https://web.archive.org/web/20240525070011/https://books.rsc.org/books/monograph/2194/Concepts-in-Physical-Chemistry: https://doi.org/10.1039/9781837674244

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4. jballancJun 2009
   Alberts is very often held as the "standard text" (much like Grey's in Anatomy, Atkins in Physical Chemistry, or SICP). I would also recommend "Molecular Genetics of Bacteria" by Snyder and Champness (http://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Genetics-Bacteria-Snyder/dp/...). As you'd expect, it's very focused on Bacteria, but it's current and goes all the way from the basic to the very in-depth.

   Edit: Oh! And how could I forget Lodish (http://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Cell-Biology-Harvey-Lodish/d...)? Also very good...

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