Peter Atkins

Peter William Atkins
Born (1940-08-10) 10 August 1940 (age 84)
Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England
Alma materUniversity of Leicester
Known forAcademic-level chemistry textbooks
Spouses
Judith Kearton
(m. 1964; div. 1983)
(m. 1991; div. 2005)
Patricia-Jean Nobes
(m. 2008)
AwardsRSC Meldola Medal
Scientific career
FieldsPhysical chemistry
Institutions
Doctoral advisorMCR Symons
Doctoral students

Peter William Atkins FRSC (born 10 August 1940) 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.