General, Organic and Biological Chemistry: Structures of Life with Student Access Kit for MasteringGOBChemistry(TM) (MasteringChemistry Series) (Hardcover)

by Karen C. Timberlake (Author)

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Product Description
Building on the strengths that have made Karen Timberlake a best-selling author in the one-semester allied health market, General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry: Structures of Life, Second Edition now offers even more quantitative and conceptual coverage and the most comprehensive media package available. General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry: Structures of Life also provides all of Timberlake’s proven pedagogical features a clear and friendly writing style, a reader-focused approach, and real world health-related applications that readers can relate to.  Chemical concepts are broken into bite-size pieces, with a step-by-step approach that provides clear and thorough understanding, and conceptual questions at the end of each chapter test reader comprehension of the material. New problems have been added throughout the text and more quantitative coverage has been added to the general chemistry section. A new color-coded Guide to Problem Solving helps readers master problem-solving skills.  Measurements, Atoms and Elements, Nuclear Radiation, Compounds and Their Bonds, Chemical Reactions and Quantities, Energy and Matter, Gases, Solutions, Chemical Equilibrium, Acids and Bases, Introduction to Organic Chemistry: Alkanes, Unsaturated Hydrocarbons, Alcohols, Phenols, Ethers, and Thiols, Aldehydes, Ketones, and Chiral Molecules, Carbohydrates, Carboxylic Acids and Esters, Lipids, Amines and Amides, Amino Acids and Proteins, Enzymes and Vitamins, Nucleic Acid and Protein Synthesis, Metabolic Pathways for Carbohydrates Metabolic Pathways and Energy Production, Metabolic Pathways for Lipids and Amino Acids. MARKET: For all readers interested in general, organic, and biological chemistry.

 

From the Back Cover
General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry provides a readable, uncomplicated and accessible introduction to those in allied health and other fields who have little or no background in chemistry. The author uses the same style and integrated pedagogy that have made her one-semester book so successful, balancing technical accuracy and everyday examples to help chemistry come to life for readers. For college instructors and students. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 960 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2nd edition (July 21, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0805382976
• ISBN-13: 978-0805382976
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.9 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #190,818 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Read, November 20, 2006

By	Jeff Smith (New York, New York) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have to admit that this is the most interesting books I've ever read. If you want to know how the basics of life all tie together and form the world and existance around you then this is for you. This book has seriously opened up the world to me. I cannot look at anything around me like I used to. I recommend getting and reading this book solo. The way it is written makes it perfectly understandable without a teacher or professor of any kind. Everything is spelled out clearly with simple everday comparisons and examples. There are a ton of useful problems to work on to assist in cementing your knowledge in place. Seriously though I really can't think of any other book I've ever read that was more interesting than this one. Pick it up and prepare to see your world unfold in front of you as a new and chaotic, complex and beautifully organized universe.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to Follow, July 25, 2008

By	T. Wright (CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry: Structures of Life (2nd Edition) (Hardcover)

I am taking Chemistry over summer, so I have alot of material to sort through, this book makes it easy to do that. It also explains things simply but it very thorough.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST, February 4, 2009

By	JazzRN145 (NYC) - See all my reviews

This book is amazing. Easy to get an A in a class that uses this text. Everything that is in the book is easily understood, its unbelieveable, so easy to follow.
If you purchase the study guide you will be even better off.
Hope this is useful.