Physical Chemistry For The Biological Sciences, Second Edition

In this second edition of Physical Chemistry for the Biological Sciences, some additions to the successful first edition have been made to be more of use to a wider audience. The use of multivariable calculus was intentionally avoided in the first edition to make thermodynamics accessible to individuals without specific mathematics background. A new chapter will introduce multivariable calculus and reformulates thermodynamics using this treatment. Students can skip over this material if it is not of interest. This chapter will introduce the Maxwell relationships and formulate equilibria in terms of the chemical potential. Activity coefficients would also be discussed more extensively.
The second topic that needs amplification is theory. Theory is now used extensively in biology so that this addition should be welcome. The introductory chapter on quantum mechanics will be expanded, and a new chapter dealing with molecules will be presented. Two new chapters on statistical mechanics will be added, one introductory, the other dealing with applications including molecular dynamics.

Gordon G. Hammes, PhD, is the Distinguished Service Professor of Biochemistry Emeritus at Duke University. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and has received several national awards, including the American Chemical Society Award in Biological Chemistry and the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology William C. Rose Award. Dr. Hammes was Editor of the journalBiochemistry from 1992-2003.

Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, PhD, is the Swanlund Professor of Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is a fellow of the American Physical Society, the American Chemical Society, the Biophysical Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science. Dr. Hammes-Schiffer has served as the Deputy Editor ofThe Journal of Physical Chemistry B and is currently the Editor-in-Chief ofChemical Reviews.