Customer Reviews

Chemistry Made Simple

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The problem that I have with this book is that it is outdated. 1984 was a long time ago in the scientific world. The Bohr model of elements is no longer the gold standard. I would love to see this book updated. However, I have found it to be invaluable as a study guide.

Good things about this book: The explanations are reasonably easy to understand and the topics fit well with a chemistry class.

Bad things about this book: The material is badly outdated and some topics aren't covered in enough depth.

If you're a high school student looking for a very basic reference, this one is easy enough to read that you should do OK. However, if you need something up to date that covers things in greater depth, you may want to try something else.

Do not waste your money. This book is horrible. It is severely outdated, it does not even provide the complete Table of Elements. The Metric system they show is not very accurate, nor does it show many applicable conversions. They give you one example per unit. It is a very confusing book, severely lacking in information.

I am currently in an advanced chemistry class, and this book has done nothing for me. All of the research in it, is for Junior High level. This is not a refresher for college classes. So far, I have not made use of any of the information provided inside.

I do not recommend it, you would be better off purchasing a used textbook with useful information that you will actually use.

For the person who needs to understand enough Chemistry to help their child get through High Scool Chemistry it is most helpful. It is a very logical presentation of the basic ideas. It can be used as a supplemental book to a Chemistry course.

I enjoyed the first 9 chapters of basic chemistry but my interest slowed with the steady diet of formulas. I think it's an excellent reference book and a book that would go very well with an outline course. I miss some of the examples given in standard books. But a very good primer.

This book presents the concepts of high school and college chemistry very well, although some of the problems are rather difficult, it emphasises a lot on the properties of the elements.

This book is fabulous! I needed to brush up on chemistry, a class I hadn't taken in over eight years. This book lays things out in a way that's easy to understand and actually interesting. If I had this book in college, I would've done much better in the sciences. Now I need to understand Physics and I'm going straight for Physics Made Simple!

Chemistry Made Simple is a proven guide to the fundamentals of chemistry. Chemistry is a science that involves quantitative and qualitative thinking. This book encourages both. Chemistry is not a pure mathematical exercise but an observation of the interactions of mass and energy in their manifold forms and their practical applications. This book is a clairvoyant approach to these interactions and applications. Highly recommended as an introduction to the science for all ages.

This book is the worst possible one I can imagine for learning chemistry in this day and age. It is woefully out of date. The Periodic Table of the Elements isn't even complete! And the electron configuration they teach is outmoded. I bought it based on the reviews but felt very disappointed when I received it and tried to teach a student from it. I hope I can save you the same disappointment!