CK-12 Chemistry [Kindle Edition]

CK-12 Foundation (Author)

Book Description

CK-12 Chemistry covers Matter, Atomic Structure; The Elements and Their Properties; Stoichiometry; Chemical Kinetics; Physical States of Matter; Thermodynamics; Nuclear Chemistry; and Organic Chemistry.

Product Details

• File Size: 16569 KB
• Print Length: 1320 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: CK-12 Foundation (February 1, 2012)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0042XA34O
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Enabled
• Lending: Not Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,694 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)
  • #20 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Science

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

54 of 54 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars A Decent Introductory Chemistry Textbook November 14, 2010

By Dr. Bojan Tunguz HALL OF FAMETOP 50 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

Chemistry is one of the fundamental scientific disciplines, and it is considered one of the physical sciences. It is also one of the scientific disciplines with a great amount of new research, and hardly a year passes without some new profound discovery being made. Sometimes even the experts are hard to keep up with all of the recent developments, and although most of the material in a standard chemistry course is already well established, there are enough of the new and exciting discoveries every year to justify new editions of chemistry textbooks. Unfortunately, the prices of new textbooks have been steadily increasing over the years, so it is incredibly refreshing to come across a well-organized free textbook that can be used in introductory chemistry classes.

This is by and large a very approachable and well presented introductory chemistry textbook. It is written with an advanced high school student or beginning college student in mind. Topics covered include chemistry as a physical science, the atomic theory, quantum mechanics model of the atom, electron configurations for atoms, periodic table, ions and compounds, covalent bonding, chemical reactions, states of matter, acids and basis, pH factor, thermodynamics, organic chemistry, and many others.

Each chapter ends with a several questions, many of which are quantitative. The textbook stresses critical and scientific thinking as well as the quantitative skills. It is a very interesting and well organized textbook and provides an excellent introduction to chemistry. In addition to questions, there are also numerous vocabulary terms listed at the end of each chapter. These provide the student with an opportunity to systematize the knowledge gained in the preceding chapter. There are also numerous references for further study and links to other outside resources.

The book is replete with many illustrations, but most of them are not very advanced or detailed. They are definitely of inferior quality to most other CK-12 textbooks.

This book is available under the Creative Commons License through the CK-12 foundation, which means it can be reprinted, modified and resold if necessary. It is also a fairly large file, the pdf version being over 1200 pages long, so be prepared for a long download time.

The Kindle formatting of this textbook leaves something to be desired. The book was originally typeset in LaTeX, and this did not translate all that smoothly into the Kindle format. I've found that getting this textbook on other e-readers or computers in the epub format rendered it much more satisfactorily.

This is not the flashiest textbook that you will come across, but in my opinion it gets the job done.

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars A nice free offering, but very simple January 6, 2011

By Jeff

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

This is an okay text for a high school student with very little science background. It keeps things pretty simple, and the text is written in accessible language. Its main benefit is that it is free, and under a creative commons license, which means that if you retrieve the source material, you can possibly change it up for your own needs, use small parts here or there, etc. Perusing it on the Kindle 3G is difficult, due to the formatting of images, figure captions ending up on the following pages, example questions that span multiple pages, etc. You would end up doing a lot of paging back-and-forth, and a student would quickly get frustrated trying to use this text on a portable e-reader.

Teachers may be interested in the many demos and labs that are described in detail at the end of each section. They're all demos you can find searching online anyway, but skimming through this free book may give you a new idea or two. :)

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Review Tool April 6, 2011

By FloridaMum

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

I'm currently brushing up on my chemistry skills for my upcoming AP Chem exam, and I have to say this is a great study tool! It's simply and prudently written, so if I need to be refreshed on a concept, I can easily navigate to it and not spend any time deciphering the text. Unlike another review saying it was simplistic, I find this covers most topics found on the AP exam. It's hard to have too many complaints when the information is accurate and the book is free!