Customer Reviews

Chemistry

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That is the gold question because Wiley Publishers put out some amazing books. A highly organized index, comprehensive tables for electron affinity, ionization energies, thermodynamic functions, equilibrium constants and standard redox potentions are all here for the intermediate/advanced reader while all the fundamentals from bonding to composition are here. The book focuses heavily on electron relationsips in bonding and the effects of intermolecular forces. Large colorful charts and diagrams are shown on every page. There are multiple examples throughout every chapter with an adbundance of questions at the end. The only complaint is an incomplete periodic table as it only shows molar mass, valence configuration, the atomic number, and the elemental symbol. Great book with good organization. 5 Stars.

Learning Chem is like putting a jigsaw puzzle together. When I studied, my main source of knowledge was from the text books. Unfortunately, I didn't have this book when I took General Chem.
After reading this book, I realized that many authors(at least 3 of my other general chem books I own) don't emphasize on Atoms and Light(as in Ch6) much less know how to explain the topic. More over, they don't know how to arrange the material in an organized order. Comparing to this book, I'm surprised how those other Chem books could miss entirely on The Properties of Electrons (Ch6.5) which I think is the most important topic in Chem since Chem deals mainly with the Coulomb Force.
So I guess writing a Chem text book requires a lot of skill. The author need to know what to emphasize(and what not to) and know how to cleverly link the material in order that readers can easily understand. The authors of this book did just that.

The pros about this book:
1. I really enjoyed the sample problems in the book. It helped prepare me for the additional problems in the book.

2. For the most part, I understood everything. Reading it was not too difficult.

The cons about this book:
1. Some answers were incorrect. I had to speak with the instructor to get a couple of problems cleared.

2. The worst is that there is a solution manual available for only the Odd problems. I'd prefer a solution manual with both even and odd problems so that I can compare my work with and not hassle the professor's as much as i do to make sure i'm understanding the material.

Chemistry - The molecular Science. Written in the Preface - "Success in general chemistry requires a blend of ingredients. It requires a clearly presented body of information and we hope you find it in this textbook". My comments, as an older student of chemistry and in my case, electrochemistry, this book not only gives one the information but also background to that information. It 'teaches' the reader. It has the ability with just a few well chosen words and 1612 illustrations to give the reader many 'ah ha' moments that puts many pieces of half information together. Knowing what I now know about this book I see a value of hundreds of dollars and not the pittance I paid. Thanks Amazon, I am at last on my way. I recommend this book to any serious chemistry student.

Wonderful book no doubt in terms of content. But a serious limitation is that it is without a chapter in Organic chemistry. Other chapters are easy to understand. Only due to the lack of organic chemistry discussions I am giving it 4 stars

Be prepared to sit with the tutor, because the book is so boring. The examples are not in a real situation. Not helpful.. So boring that by the time you do the problems you are ready for bed. If this is the required text buy a chemistry help book bc this books bottom line is awful, poorly written.

The shipping was great. The only thing that I did not like was the book was being labeled as new, but clearly this book was used with stickers stuck on the front cover. Overall, the book is in good condition, and the price I paid for it was very reasonable. In the future if I need to, I will purchase from this seller again.