Physical Chemistry
by Peter Atkins · Atkins & de Paula
Standard undergraduate text covering thermodynamics, phase equilibria, chemical kinetics, quantum theory, spectroscopy, and statistical thermodynamics. Working through it gives the mathematical grounding needed to derive and apply the core relations rather than memorize them.
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