Physical Chemistry

Moore's Physical Chemistry is a classic and reference for other authors. It's something approaching a Holy Cannon of Physical Chemistry. This is a text that should be on the reference bookshelf of most every chemist. Moore boils everything in Chemistry worth knowing down to its essentials and then builds it up gracefully and flawlessly. If you have an operational grasp of the necessary background and want to learn about how things really work, you'll fall in love with this book.