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Physical chemistry
In chemistry, physical chemistry is the study of the thermodynamics, quantum chemistry, electrochemistry, kinetics, and macroscopic and microscopic structures of atoms, molecules, chemical species, and chemical systems. [1] Physical chemistry deals with the interpretation of chemical phenomena and properties in terms of the underlying physical processes and with the development of techniques for their investigation. [2]
History
In 1885, German chemist Wilhelm Ostwald published Lehrbuh der Allgemeinen Chemie (Textbook of General Chemistry), the first textbook on physical chemistry (1885-87), and in 1887, together with Dutch chemist Jacobus van't Hoff, founded Zeitschrift fur Physikalische Chemie (Journal of Physical Chemistry), the first periodical in physical chemistry. [4] Other "founding fathers" of physical chemistry include: Willard Gibbs, Walther Nernst, and Gilbert Lewis. [5]
Human chemistry
Interestingly, the newly launched science-based dating site ScientificMatch claims that it is matching people according to "physical chemistry", using the 1995 results of the famous "sweaty T-shirt study", which finds that people are most sexually attracted to mates having the most dissimilar major histocompatibility complex. [3] This, obviously, is a terminological mishap referring to the chemistry of the "physical" body verses the "physics" of chemistry.
References
1. (a) Alberty, Silbey. (2001). Physical Chemistry, 3rd Ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
(b) Daintith, John. (2004). Oxford Dictionary of Chemistry. New York: Oxford University Press.
2. Licker, Mark D. (2004). McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Chemistry, New York: McGraw-Hill.
3. Physical chemistry defined – ScientificMatch.com.
4. Wilhelm Ostwald: the “Bruke” (Bridge) and other Connections to Other Bibliographic Activities at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century (PDF), 9-pages, by Thomas Hapke, [ChemHeritage.org].
5. Edsall, J. T. (1974). "Some notes and queries on the development of bioenergetics. Notes on some "founding fathers" of physical chemistry: J. Willard Gibbs, Wilhelm Ostwald, Walther Nernst, Gilbert Newton Lewis". Mol. Cell. Biochem. Nov. 5 (1-2): 103–12.
History
In 1885, German chemist Wilhelm Ostwald published Lehrbuh der Allgemeinen Chemie (Textbook of General Chemistry), the first textbook on physical chemistry (1885-87), and in 1887, together with Dutch chemist Jacobus van't Hoff, founded Zeitschrift fur Physikalische Chemie (Journal of Physical Chemistry), the first periodical in physical chemistry. [4] Other "founding fathers" of physical chemistry include: Willard Gibbs, Walther Nernst, and Gilbert Lewis. [5]
Human chemistry
Interestingly, the newly launched science-based dating site ScientificMatch claims that it is matching people according to "physical chemistry", using the 1995 results of the famous "sweaty T-shirt study", which finds that people are most sexually attracted to mates having the most dissimilar major histocompatibility complex. [3] This, obviously, is a terminological mishap referring to the chemistry of the "physical" body verses the "physics" of chemistry.
References
1. (a) Alberty, Silbey. (2001). Physical Chemistry, 3rd Ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
(b) Daintith, John. (2004). Oxford Dictionary of Chemistry. New York: Oxford University Press.
2. Licker, Mark D. (2004). McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Chemistry, New York: McGraw-Hill.
3. Physical chemistry defined – ScientificMatch.com.
4. Wilhelm Ostwald: the “Bruke” (Bridge) and other Connections to Other Bibliographic Activities at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century (PDF), 9-pages, by Thomas Hapke, [ChemHeritage.org].
5. Edsall, J. T. (1974). "Some notes and queries on the development of bioenergetics. Notes on some "founding fathers" of physical chemistry: J. Willard Gibbs, Wilhelm Ostwald, Walther Nernst, Gilbert Newton Lewis". Mol. Cell. Biochem. Nov. 5 (1-2): 103–12.
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