Author

Books by Peter Atkins

Peter Atkins is a British chemist and Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, where he taught physical chemistry for decades. He is the author of Atkins' Physical Chemistry, the dominant undergraduate textbook in the field for over forty years, as well as numerous popular science books including Galileo's Finger and On Being. Atkins is known for writing about science with unusual precision and a strong commitment to presenting difficult ideas without false comfort. He is a prominent advocate for scientific literacy and skepticism.