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This book is designed to enable non-native English speakers to write science research for publication in English. It can also be used by English speakers and is a practical, user-friendly book intended as a fast, do-it-yourself guide for those whose English language proficiency is above intermediate. The approach is based on material developed from teaching graduate students at Imperial College London and has been extensively piloted. The book guides the reader through the process of writing science research and will also help with writing a Master's or Doctoral thesis in English.

Science writing is much easier than it looks because the structure and language are conventional. The aim of this book is to help the reader discover a template or model for science research writing and then to provide the grammar and vocabulary tools needed to operate that model. There are five units: Introduction, Methodology, Results, Discussion/Conclusion and Abstract. The reader develops a model for each section of the research article through sample texts and exercises; this is followed by a Grammar and Writing Skills section designed to respond to frequently-asked questions as well as a Vocabulary list including examples of how the words and phrases are to be used.

The book is packed with practical tips and examples, many taken from Holst’s own papers, with her dry humour and honesty making it highly readable. Scientific paper writing contains four sections, starting off with a guide to peer review, impact factors and how to choose the right journal. I particularly liked the breakdown of measuring impact beyond simply using impact factors.

(Katrina Krämer 11 May 2016)

Le cours de Paul Arnaud s'adresse aux étudiants des Licences scientifiques et des filières Santé. Il intéressera également les candidats au Capes de Physique et Chimie et les élèves des classes préparatoires.

Cette 9eédition, entièrement mise à jour pour s'adapter aux enseignements actuels, conserve l'approche pédagogique de Paul Arnaud qui a fait le succès  de ce Cours. 

Conçu de façon à assurer la compréhension des phénomènes  (structure de la matière,  thermodynamique chimique  et cinétique des réactions chimiques) avant d’en venir à leur formulation abstraite, ce cours, accompagné d’exercices et de QCM corrigés, aide l’étudiant à organiser et à structurer progressivement les nouvelles connaissances pour réussir examens et concours.

Les + :

• 110 questions au fil du texte pour comprendre pas à pas

• 200 QCM pour s’auto-évaluer rapidement

• 220 exercices et leurs corrigés détaillés pour vérifier ses acquis et approfondir son travail

Atkins' Physical Chemistry is widely acknowledged by both students and lecturers around the globe to be the textbook of choice for studying physical chemistry. Now in its twelfth edition, the text has been enhanced with additional learning features, and the writing style has been refreshed to resonate with the modern student.

• The gold standard physical chemistry text, which evolves with every edition to meet the needs of current students

• Exceptional mathematical support - including annotated equations, equation checklists, and mathematical resources - enables students to master the maths which underlies physical chemistry

• The development of problem solving and analytical skills is actively encouraged by frequent worked examples, discussion questions, exercises, and problems

• A range of other learning features, including video tutorials, brief illustrations, and key concept checklists, are incorporated throughout to aid students in their study of physical chemistry

• Also available as an e-book enhanced with self-assessment activities and multi-media content to offer a fully immersive experience and extra learning support.

The third edition of this highly acclaimed undergraduate textbook is suitable for teaching all the mathematics for an undergraduate course in any of the physical sciences. As well as lucid descriptions of all the topics and many worked examples, it contains over 800 exercises. New stand-alone chapters give a systematic account of the 'special functions' of physical science, cover an extended range of practical applications of complex variables, and give an introduction to quantum operators. Further tabulations, of relevance in statistics and numerical integration, have been added. In this edition, half of the exercises are provided with hints and answers and, in a separate manual available to both students and their teachers, complete worked solutions. The remaining exercises have no hints, answers or worked solutions and can be used for unaided homework; full solutions are available to instructors on a password-protected web site, www.cambridge.org/9780521679718.

The study of the electronic structure of materials is at a momentous stage, with the emergence of computational methods and theoretical approaches. Many properties of materials can now be determined directly from the fundamental equations for the electrons, providing insights into critical problems in physics, chemistry, and materials science. This book provides a unified exposition of the basic theory and methods of electronic structure, together with instructive examples of practical computational methods and real-world applications. Appropriate for both graduate students and practising scientists, this book describes the approach most widely used today, density functional theory, with emphasis upon understanding the ideas, practical methods and limitations. Many references are provided to original papers, pertinent reviews, and widely available books. Included in each chapter is a short list of the most relevant references and a set of exercises that reveal salient points and challenge the reader -- Cambridge University Press.

Ira N. Levine's sixth edition of Physical Chemistry provides students with an in-depth fundamental treatment of physical chemistry. At the same time, the treatment is made easy to follow by giving full step-by-step derivations, clear explanations and by avoiding advanced mathematics unfamiliar to students. Necessary math and physics have thorough review sections. Worked examples are followed by a practice exercise.

Cet ouvrage exceptionnel s'adresse à ceux qui ont toujours regretté de ne pas avoir suivi de cours en physique, ou qui souhaitent apprendre à penser comme un physicien. Dans ce livre - véritable phénomène d'édition aux Etats-Unis avec plus de 40 000 exemplaires vendus - les physiciens Leonard Susskind et George Hrabovsky prennent le lecteur par la main et l'emmènent progressivement, sans jamais le perdre, à la découverte des bases essentielles de la physique. A l'arrivée, celui-ci est tout étonné d'avoir compris si facilement les notions présentées. Le secret des auteurs? Privilégier la clarté sur la brillance et la simplicité sur l'exhaustivité.

Les ouvrages de la collection "Le Minimum Théorique", qui donne aussi son nom à ce premier volume, sont issus d'un cours public donné à l'Université de Stanford par le professeur Leonard Susskind et ont aujourd'hui acquis une notoriété mondiale. Ils s'adressent à tous ceux désireux de comprendre la physique contemporaine, quel que soit leur bagage scientifique de départ.