Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, 6th Edition

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 1376 pages
• Published by: Wiley-Interscience
• Edition: 6th Edition March 30, 1999
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0471199575
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0471199571
• Book Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.1 x 2.4 inches
• Weighs: 5.2 pounds

Product Review
Review of the Fifth Edition: ". . . a mine of information . . . an invaluable guide." -- Nature

Review of the Fifth Edition: "Every student with a serious interest in inorganic chemistry should have [this book]" -- Journal of Chemical Education

Review of the Fifth Edition: "The first place to go when seeking general information about the chemistry of a particular element, especially when up-to-date, authoritative information is desired." -- Journal of the American Chemical Society

Review of the Fifth Edition: "[This book provides] a bonanza of information on important results and developments which could otherwise be easily overlooked in the general deluge of publication." -- Angewandte Chemie

Review of the Fifth Edition: "[This book] is preeminent in its field, the standard by which all other chemistry books are judged." -- Nouveau Journal de Chemie

Product Description
For more than a quarter century, Cotton and Wilkinson's Advanced Inorganic Chemistry has been the source that students and professional chemists have turned to for the background needed to understand current research literature in inorganic chemistry and aspects of organometallic chemistry. Like its predecessors, this updated Sixth Edition is organized around the periodic table of elements and provides a systematic treatment of the chemistry of all chemical elements and their compounds. It incorporates important recent developments with an emphasis on advances in the interpretation of structure, bonding, and reactivity.

From the reviews of the Fifth Edition:
* "The first place to go when seeking general information about the chemistry of a particular element, especially when up-to-date, authoritative information is desired." -Journal of the American Chemical Society.
* "Every student with a serious interest in inorganic chemistry should have [this book]." -Journal of Chemical Education.
* "A mine of information . . . an invaluable guide." -Nature.
* "The standard by which all other inorganic chemistry books are judged."-Nouveau Journal de Chimie.
* "A masterly overview of the chemistry of the elements."-The Times of London Higher Education Supplement.
* "A bonanza of information on important results and developments which could otherwise easily be overlooked in the general deluge of publications." -Angewandte Chemie.

Reader Reviews
The 5th edition of this book had been compulsory reading during my undergraduate inorganic chemistry courses: it was the inorganic chemistry bible. This edition fails to reach the high standard of its predecessor. In fact, it isn't even a good advanced inorganic chemistry text. Much of the really useful stuff that forms the basis of an understanding of inorganic chemistry has been omitted in favour of niche topics. The book would be better called 'Advances in Inorganic Chemistry' or 'Selected Topics in Inorganic Chemistry'.