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Peter Atkins

British chemist · United Kingdom · Scientists · Born 1940 · age 86

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Peter William Atkins is an English chemist and a Fellow of Lincoln College at the University of Oxford. He retired in 2007. He is a prolific writer of popular chemistry textbooks, including Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Molecular Quantum Mechanics.

A life in dates

2016James T. Grady-James H. Stack Award for Interpreting ChemistryAward2008“Chemistry is the science of matter and the changes it can undergo.”In their wordsPeter Atkins and Loretta Jones, Chemical Principles: The Quest for Insight, 4th ed. (2008)

1998Nyholm Prize for EducationAward1995“I have presented the periodic table as a kind of travel guide to an imaginary country, of which the elements are the various regions.”In their wordsPreface

“This is the kingdom of the chemical elements, the substances from which everything tangible is made.”In their wordsChapter 1. The Terrain

“The kingdom is not an amorphous jumble of regions, but a closely organized state in which the character of one region is close to that of its neighbor.”In their wordsChapter 1. The Terrain

1969Meldola Medal and PrizeAward1940Born10 August 1940

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4 statements, newest first

  1. Chemistry is the science of matter and the changes it can undergo.

    2008, Peter Atkins and Loretta Jones, Chemical Principles: The Quest for Insight, 4th ed. (2008), Own words

  2. I have presented the periodic table as a kind of travel guide to an imaginary country, of which the elements are the various regions.

    1995, Preface, Own words

  3. This is the kingdom of the chemical elements, the substances from which everything tangible is made.

    1995, Chapter 1. The Terrain, Own words

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Awards

James T. Grady-James H. Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry2016
Nyholm Prize for Education1998
Meldola Medal and Prize1969
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry

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Spouse: Susan Greenfield

About this person

Peter William Atkins is an English chemist and a Fellow of Lincoln College at the University of Oxford. He retired in 2007. He is a prolific writer of popular chemistry textbooks, including Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Molecular Quantum Mechanics. Atkins is also the author of a number of popular science books, including Atkins' Molecules, Galileo's Finger: The Ten Great Ideas of Science and On Being.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
living
Dates
Born 1940 · age 86

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