Peter Atkins
Peter Atkins is Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at the University of Oxford. He has written several popular chemistry textbooks, including Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Molecular Quantum Mechanics as well as science books for the general public, including Atkins’ Molecules and Galileo’s Finger: The Ten Great Ideas of Science.
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The best books on The Emergence of Understanding, recommended by Peter Atkins
Science is the only way to make sense of the world around us and the scientific method the only way to establish truth, says Peter Atkins, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at the University of Oxford. Author of several chemistry textbooks as well as many popular science books, he recommends books that track the evolution of our understanding about the world around us, starting with an anthology of sacred texts and ending with Shakespeare.
