The organization of the text treats chemistry as an experimental subject by beginning with observable, macroscopic chemistry and later moving to the quantum mechanical theory that provides the underpinning of modern chemistry.
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"The treatment of quantitative subject matter is complete and rigorously correct." "Your book has always had great examples and end of chapter problems." "The accuracy of the information is, as far as I can tell, flawless. I know of no other general chemistry book as accurate as the Oxtoby texts." "The strategy statement (in the worked example) will help the student both to understand the solution and to view it as more than just an algorithm for solving "this type" of problem."
"The text is loaded with examples and all the trimmings that aid the student in learning chemistry This book has a unique format that is different from the top sellers . . . We prefer this text because it allows us to do more quantitative experiments early in the semester. The figures and tables in this chapter (15) are great. They are some of the best available on this subject."
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David W. Oxtoby is a physical chemist who studies the statistical mechanics of liquids, including nucleation, phase transitions, and liquid-state reaction and relaxation. He received his B.A. (Chemistry and Physics) from Harvard University and his Ph.D. (Chemistry) from the University of California at Berkeley. After a postdoctoral position at the University of Paris, he joined the faculty at The University of Chicago, where he has taught general chemistry, thermodynamics, and statistical mechanics. He currently serves as Dean of Physical Sciences at The University of Chicago.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Not good for college chemistry course,
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This review is from: Chemistry: Science of Change (Available Titles Owl) (Hardcover)
This book is not in depth enough. Many times I just turned to the web to find the information I needed.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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This book sucks,
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This review is from: Chemistry: Science of Change (Available Titles Owl) (Hardcover)
This book is absolutely terrible. It either explains a difficult concept very quickly or explains an easy one in great detail, only to later give problems that do not correlate with the explanation in the book. Once I'm done with chemistry this semester I am going to burn it.
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My advice, get a separate book to supplement,
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This review is from: Chemistry: Science of Change (Hardcover)
As one reviewer said, the book is trying to be simple. Some of the examples are so simple that they don't even test you're learning. And the more challenging examples seem to come out of nowhere. Also the organization is slightly convoluted and a little hard to follow with a full understanding. I recommend attaining another chem book to supplement this one if you must get this for a class. I personally found this book to be so confusing.
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