 | | Peter Illich St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,
Chemistry
Selected Problems in
Physical Chemistry
2010 Today, physical chemistry textbooks are written for science
and engineering majors who possess an interest in and aptitude for
mathematics. . . . I think the importance of physical chemistry
goes beyond this. It should benefit both the science and
engineering majors and those of us who dare to ask questions about
the world around us. Numerical mathematics, or a way of thinking in
mathematical formulas and numbers - which we all practice, when
paying for utilities, groceries or gasoline- is important but
should not be used to subordinate the infinitely rich world of
physical chemistry. |