Chemistry Made Simple (Made Simple (Broadway Books)) [Paperback]

John T. Moore Ed.D. (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 11, 2005 | Series: Made Simple (Broadway Books)

See the world, one molecule at a time.

Chemistry helps us understand not only the world around us, but also our own bodies. CHEMISTRY MADE SIMPLE makes it fun. Each chapter has practice problems with complete solutions that reinforce learning. A glossary of chemical terms, the modern periodic table, and detailed illustrations throughout make this the best introduction to one of the most studied of all sciences.

Topics covered include:

*the Scientific Method
*the structure and properties of matter
*compounds
*laws of chemistry
*gases, liquids, and solids
*solutions
*electrochemistry
*the atmosphere
*biochemistry
*organic chemistry
*nuclear chemistry
*energy
*the environment


Look for these Made Simple titles

Accounting Made Simple
Arithmetic Made Simple
Astronomy Made Simple
Biology Made Simple
Bookkeeping Made Simple
Business Letters Made Simple
Earth Science Made Simple
English Made Simple
French Made Simple
German Made Simple
Ingles Hecho Facil
Investing Made Simple
Italian Made Simple
Latin Made Simple
Learning English Made Simple
Mathematics Made Simple
The Perfect Business Plan Made Simple
Philosophy Made Simple
Physics Made Simple
Psychology Made Simple
Sign Language Made Simple
Spelling Made Simple
Statistics Made Simple
Your Small Business Made Simple



www.broadwaybooks.com

Editorial Reviews

From the Inside Flap

See the world, one molecule at a time.

Chemistry helps us understand not only the world around us, but also our own bodies. CHEMISTRY MADE SIMPLE makes it fun. Each chapter has practice problems with complete solutions that reinforce learning. A glossary of chemical terms, the modern periodic table, and detailed illustrations throughout make this the best introduction to one of the most studied of all sciences.

Topics covered include:

*the Scientific Method
*the structure and properties of matter
*compounds
*laws of chemistry
*gases, liquids, and solids
*solutions
*electrochemistry
*the atmosphere
*biochemistry
*organic chemistry
*nuclear chemistry
*energy
*the environment


Look for these Made Simple titles

Accounting Made Simple
Arithmetic Made Simple
Astronomy Made Simple
Biology Made Simple
Bookkeeping Made Simple
Business Letters Made Simple
Earth Science Made Simple
English Made Simple
French Made Simple
German Made Simple
Ingles Hecho Facil
Investing Made Simple
Italian Made Simple
Latin Made Simple
Learning English Made Simple
Mathematics Made Simple
The Perfect Business Plan Made Simple
Philosophy Made Simple
Physics Made Simple
Psychology Made Simple
Sign Language Made Simple
Spelling Made Simple
Statistics Made Simple
Your Small Business Made Simple



www.broadwaybooks.com

About the Author

JOHN T. MOORE, Ed.D., is an associate professor of chemistry at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. Among numerous speaking and publication credits, he is also the author of Chemistry for Dummies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press; Revised edition (January 11, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0767917022
• ISBN-13: 978-0767917025
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 0.7 x 10.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,601 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

John Moore grew up in the foothills of Western North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina -Asheville where he received his bachelor's degree in chemistry. He earned his Master's degree in chemistry from Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. After a stint in the United States Army he decided to try his hand at teaching. In 1971, he joined the chemistry faculty of Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas where he still teaches chemistry. In 1985 he started back to school part time and in 1991 received his Doctorate in Education from Texas A&M University.
John's area of specialty is chemical education, especially at the pre-high school level. For the last several years he has been the co-editor (along with one of his former students) of the Chemistry for Kids feature of The Journal of Chemical Education. He has authored Chemistry for Dummies, Chemistry Made Simple and co-authored 5 Steps To A Five: AP Chemistry, Chemistry for the Utterly Confused and Biochemistry for Dummies. He is currently working on two additional Dummies books and a college textbook.
John lives in Nacogdoches, Texas with his wife Robin and their two dogs. He enjoys brewing his own beer and mead and creating custom knife handles. And he loves to cook. His two boys, Jason and Matt, remain in the mountains of North Carolina along with his twin grandbabies, Sadie and Zane.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars clear descriptions, July 18, 2005

By 

W Boudville (Terra, Sol 3) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)    (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Chemistry Made Simple (Made Simple (Broadway Books)) (Paperback)

The book is pitched towards a final year of high school or a first undergraduate year. Where the latter is perhaps for a non-chemistry major. Moore writes straightforwardly about basic concepts like Avogardro's Number and molarity.

There is also some coverage of organic chemistry. Of necessity, this goes little beyond definitions of the main organic types, like ethers, esters and aldehydes. Organic chemistry has a rich network of synthesis pathways that the text can only touch the fringes of. Yet hopefully, a keen student might be encouraged enough to remember these terms and even venture deep into chemistry.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars UNCOMMONLY GREAT!!, December 21, 2010

By 

Dr. Tim (beyond the outskirts of infinity) - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Chemistry Made Simple (Made Simple (Broadway Books)) (Paperback)

as a professor, i evaluate quite a few texts, and they all seem to blur together. there are essentially no significant differences between the vast majority of new texts that continue to come out year after year. every author seems hell-bent on out-doing the others when it comes to including the latest and most complete theoretical treatment of every last aspect of chemistry. that's good for a text intended to be used in a course that is required for chem majors. yet a great many of these texts are allegedly intended for something completely different. there are chemistry courses that are required of students majoring in other areas of science, who need just a little bit of chemistry as background. and for this type of course, virtually all of the modern texts have missed the mark completely. they are so detailed, so focused on abstract theoretical concepts and involved mathematical calculations, that the chemistry has gotten completely lost. there simply isn't enough time to cover both advanced theoretical concepts and descriptive chemistry in a comprehensive fashion in one or even two semesters. so the descriptive chemistry gets left out. i have seen students who can tell me what an f-orbital looks like or rationalize the shape of an azide anion using VSEPR, but who have no clue what would happen if they mixed vinegar and baking soda together. well, this book is a refreshing throw-back to the days when introductory chemistry texts were rich with descriptive chemistry. not surprising since it is a revised edition of a text originally copyrighted in 1955. the essential basics of theory are presented in a clear, straightforward fashion and logical sequence. then lots of descriptive details are include. individual elements and their compounds are described and families (groups) of elements and their compounds are compared. if you can imagine a baby version of Albert Cotton's seminal "Advanced Inorganic Chemistry," this book would be it. i would love to see this text, or another like it (tho' i know of none), widely adopted for those terminal introductory chem courses that are intended for allied science majors. sadly, that is not likely to happen. it's a shame, because most of what those students are taught will likely be of little or no use to them in their chosen field. in their zeal for rigor, the chemists who write the texts for those courses have lost sight of the forest for the trees, and the students are the ones who end up lost in the wilderness. no book is perfect, and this one has its shortcomings. but overall, i wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn about chemistry the way i did, back when chemistry was interesting and fun. i give it 10 stars!

3 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not straight-forward enough., September 3, 2009

By 

IR (Mass, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chemistry Made Simple (Made Simple (Broadway Books)) (Paperback)

This book was almost as bad as a college text book when it came to bombarding the reader with boring, sleep-inducing jargon. I had to take notes and do some research on-line to figure some things out. More examples, less technical talk, and reminders in small text boxes of previously learned concepts would have definately helped.