Chemistry of the
EnvironmentThird Edition
Chemistry of the
Environment
Third Edition
Thomas G. Spiro
University of Washington
Kathleen Purvis-Roberts
Claremont McKenna, Pitzer and Scripps Colleges
William M. Stigliani
University of Northern Iowa
"This comprehensive new
edition is well written and balanced...Summing up: Recommended for all
undergraduate students and general readers."
—Choice, May
2012
"Spiro,
Purvis-Roberts and Stigliani write in a clear and engaging style. They
organize the material in a logical and compelling manner, emphasizing the many
cross-connections among environmental topics. The bottom line is that this is the environmental
chemistry book that we have all been waiting for!"
—From Foreword by Harry Gray,
California Institute of Technology
"I very much
congratulate the authors. This is by far the best environmental chemistry
text that I have read."
—Professor
John Perona, University of California at Santa Barbara
"The authors
provide clear and concise explanations and do a good job of integrating
calculations throughout the book. This book is useful both for
students learning to apply chemical concepts to understand the environment and
for instructors seeking a distinct perspective and important data on the
environment."
—Professor
Keith Kuwata, Macalester College
"No other text in environmental chemistry so nicely balances breadth, depth and readability."
—Professor A.D. Anbar, Arizona State University
Chemistry of
the Environment, 3rd Edition,
is a concise, clear and current account of today's environmental issues and the
science one needs to understand them. This intermediate-level text, which
recommends General Chemistry as a prerequisite, systematically lays out themes
of sustainability, atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere and biospheres, while
stressing the interconnectedness of environmental problems and solutions.
The completely revised third edition explains the natural chemical cycles, and
how humans affect them. It als
o analyzes strategies for ameliorating human
impacts. This stimulating new text uses concise, straightforward language and an
accessible narrative style to inform
quantitative thinking.
About the Authors
Thomas G. Spiro, left, is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Washington.
He received the B. S. from UCLA and the Ph.D. from MIT, and did postdoctoral work in Copenhagen. He joined the faculty of Princeton University in 1963, and served as chair of the chemistry department from 1980 to 1989, relocating to the University of Washington in 2007. He is the recipient of the ICPP Eraldo Antonini Lifetime Achievment Award (2010), the ACS Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry (2004), Biophysical Society Founders Award (2004), the Wellcome Visiting P
rofessorship in the Basic Medical Sciences, at the University
of British Columbia (1999) in1999, and the Bomem-Michelson Award in Molecular
Spectroscopy (1986).
Kathleen
Purvis-Roberts, right, is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at the Joint
Science Department of Claremont McKenna,
Pitzer and Scripps Colleges. She
earned her B.S. from Westmont College and her Ph.D. from Princeton University,
where she worked with Steven Bernasek. From there, she did her postdoctoral work
at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado.
She joined the faculty of Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps 
Colleges
in 2001.
William M. Stigliani, left, is Professor of Chemistry, and develops curricula and teaches sustainability courses at the University of Northern Iowa.
