Reviews for McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Chemistry

The average rating for McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Chemistry based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-03-18 00:00:00 Nancy Rosborough Denbigh's text is, quite simply, the best. If you're a physical chemist or chemical engineer looking to understand thermodynamics and apply it to real problems, this is the text for you. I've read through quite a few thermo books over the years: Smith, Dugdale, Van Ness, Carnot (yes, that Carnot - Kelvin did the translation), Callen, Planck, Sandler, Reiss, and probably a few others (Tester and Model! Gmehling!) Some of these books are fantastic (I highly recommend Callen for a physicist's perspective; at the very least, spare yourself a whole load of pain and read through his chapter on the Maxwell relations!) but none of them have the overarching clarity of Denbigh. Where other textbooks left me with more and more questions, Denbigh left me perfectly satisfied. In the years since I read through Denbigh (twice, doing all the problems), I've applied thermodynamic techniques to a wide range of research problems: capsule compression, exergy analyses, material design, analysis of VLE data. There are precious few people out there who understand the power of thermodynamics, which is a real shame, because it's a truly beautiful subject. If you're at all interested in chemical thermodynamics, Denbigh is the place to start.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-01-12 00:00:00 Parag Shah I learned a lot about chemistry in this book. I didn't know all that much before, but this was great. I loved that it had questions at the end of a chapter. It really helped me remember everything that I learned. 👍