Chemistry

Abstract

THE new edition of Eucken's “Lehrbuch der chemischen Physik” is to be in two parts, of which this is the first. It deals with corpuscles and radiation, and the treatment is on the whole theoretical and mathematical. Several specialists have cooperated in the preparation of sections, some of which are more detailed and difficult than others. The basis is quantum-mechanical. Since the treatment includes molecules, there is a long account of valency. There are also detailed accounts of various types of spectra. The range of subjects is very large, so that a detailed account of the contents can scarcely be given, but the main object is to provide an account of the modern theories of atomic and molecular structure. The mathematics is, on the whole, of a standard which is within the capacity of an advanced student of physical chemistry, and the book contains a large amount of well-digested information. References to literature are given.

Lehrbuch der chemischen Physik

Prof.

Arnold

Eucken

Von. Zweite vollkommen neubearbeitete Auflage. Band 1: Die korpuskularen Bausteine der Materie. Pp. xix + 717. (Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsgescllschaft m.b.H., 1938.) 40 gold marks.