Peter Atkins
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1940 –
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Who is Peter Atkins?
Peter William Atkins FRSC is a British chemist and former Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Lincoln College. 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.
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- Born
- Aug 10, 1940
Amersham - Also known as
- P.W. Atkins
- Peter William Atkins
- Spouses
- Susan Greenfield
(1991 - 2005) - Judith Kearton
(1964 - 1983) - Patricia-Jean Nobes
(2008 - )
- Susan Greenfield
- Religion
- Atheism
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Education
- University of Leicester
- Lived in
- Oxford
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on July 23, 2013
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