Come on a journey into the heart of matter,and enjoy the process!,as a brilliant scientist and entertaining tour guide takes you on a fascinating voyage through the Periodic Kingdom, the world of the elements. The periodic table, your map for this trip, is the most important concept in chemistry. It hangs in classrooms and labs throughout the world, providing support for students, suggesting new avenues of research for professionals, succinctly organizing the whole of chemistry. The one hundred or so elements listed in the table make up everything in the universe, from microscopic organisms to distant planets. Just how does the periodic table help us make sense of the world around us? Using vivid imagery, ingenious analogies, and liberal doses of humour P. W. Atkins answers this question. He shows us that the Periodic Kingdom is a systematic place. Detailing the geography, history and governing institutions of this imaginary landscape, he demonstrates how physical similarities can point to deeper affinities, and how the location of an element can be used to predict its properties. Here's an opportunity to discover a rich kingdom of the imagination kingdom of which our own world is a manifestation.

Magnetic resonance has constantly been able to surprise with its ability to exhibit new phenomena. Just when it appears to be entering a quiet middle age it bursts into activity with some new manifestation of its versatility. This happened a few years ago, when observations on anomalous intensities were looked at more closely, and the pursuit of explanations and further evidence laid the foundations of the subjects treated in this volume. In organizing the NATO Advanced Study Institute we attempted to bring together a number, but by no means all, of those who had contributed significantly to the subject, and to obtain from them a comprehensive and detailed exposition of the subject. We were particularly anxious to avoid a set of lectures that dealt solely with the theory of the subject, because much of the interest in chemically induced magnetic polarization is due to its usefulness in applications to chemical problems: it is a real chemical tech nique, not just an amusing diversion for theoreticians. We set about organizing the course with the idea of making it useful to people who wanted to use the technique (for, after all, in the case of nuclear polarization, CIDNP, the technique can be used in any laboratory with minor modification of standard equipment)."

Mit seinem lebendigen und anschaulichen Stil sowie einer immer weiter verfeinerten Didaktik hat Peter Atkins das Lernen und Lehren in der Physikalischen Chemie revolutioniert. Sein Stil ist unverwechselbar - und unerreicht. Die 5. Auflagedes "kleinen" Atkins fur natur- und ingenieurwissenschaftliche Studiengange hat ein neues, innovatives Konzept, das dabei unterstutzt, samtliche Hurden zu meistern. Der Stoff ist in 15 Fokus-Kapitel aufgeteilt. Zu Beginn jedes Fokus werden Beziehungen zwischen den Abschnitten innerhalb eines Fokus hergestellt, um die Verbindungen zwischen den verschiedenen Gebieten der Physikalischen Chemie hervorzuheben. Jeder Abschnitt beginnt mit einer Motivation, Nennung der Schlusselideen und der Voraussetzungen, die die Leserinnen und Leser zum Verstandnis des Abschnitts mitbringen sollten. Zahlreiche durchgerechnete Beispiele, Zusammenfassungen, Verstandnistests und Hinweise zur richtigen Verwendung von Fachsprache helfen dabei, die erlernten Konzepte zu festigen und ermoeglichen zielgerichtetes Lernen und Wiederholen. Passend zur 5. Auflage gibt es erstmals ein Arbeitsbuch mit durchgerechneten Loesungen der mehr als 800 Aufgaben. Der "kleine" Atkins ist und bleibt ein Muss fur jeden Einsteiger und jede Einsteigerin in die Physikalische Chemie. Auch im attraktiven Deluxe-Set mit dem Arbeitsbuch erhaltlich!

Highly Commended in the 2004 BMA Medical Book Competition (Endocrinology)

Judges' summary:
"Beautifully and clearly written to appeal to all levels of healthcare professional knowledge. A wealth of practical experience is freely donated to the reader in a friendly and accessible way. Each section is easily found and any member of the team could care for a patient with that particular problem to a high standard with this book in their hand. I would unhesitatingly recommend to all diabetes doctors - both senior and junior, and every diabetes unit should have a copy. This new edition is excellent and should be considered for an award."

"Diabetes and its Management," Sixth Edition, continues to provide a practical clinical guide to the management of patients with diabetes. The author team has been expanded and now also includes a Nurse Practitioner specialising in diabetes to provide the nursing perspective. It is a concise manual that distils the essential recent developments into practical advice.

Jung's theory of psychological type distinguishes between the four functions of sensing, intuition, thinking and feeling. This book uses type theory to explore 26 passages from Matthew's Gospel as they appear in the Revised Common Lectionary. The insights gained provide an invaluable resource for teachers and leaders, as well as a key tool for personal meditation. The Theory has profound implications for Christian leaders, who need to nurture all four psychological types in their congregations, and also for how individual Christians meditate on scripture to nourish their whole selves. The Personality Type and Scripture Series covers all three Gospels in Years A, B and C of Lectionary cycle. Exploring Mark's Gospel and Exploring Luke's Gospel are already in print. The series gived support and inspiration to all those using the Lectionary each year as part of their Bible reading.

Quanta provides a non-mathematical and highly visual account of the concepts of quantum mechanics widely encountered in chemistry and related disciplines. This exciting new work continues the tradition of the first edition, which quickly established itself among students and teachers as a rich source of clear, concise explanations of quantum concepts. The text has been completely rewritten with all topics brought up to date, and many more illustrations.