High School Chemistry Review (Review Smart) [Paperback]

Nilanjen Sen (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0375750827 | ISBN-13: 978-0375750823 | Publication Date: March 10, 1998 | Edition: 1st

If trudging through your textbook to study and complete homework assignments has becoma frustrating grind, then get ready for a smooth ride to higher test scores and outstanding grades with The Princeton Review's High School Chemistry Review.

We tell it to you straight, thoroughly explaining the important topics you'll need to understand to prepare for quizzes and tests, complete homework assignments effectively, and earn higher grades.  We've carefully examined chemistry textbooks just like yours to make sure that this book includes all the material essential to a thorough review.  In this guide, we cover:

*Chemical Terms & Definitions
*Formulas & Equations
*Inorganic Nomenclature
*Ideal Gases & Kinetics
*Solutions
*Equilibrium
*Acids & Bases
*Thermodynamics
*Electrochemistry

And since practicing your test-taking skills is just as important to getting good grades as knowing the material, we include two practice exams that feature the types of questions and problems that appear on in-class tests.

Editorial Reviews

From the Inside Flap

If trudging through your textbook to study and complete homework assignments has becoma frustrating grind, then get ready for a smooth ride to higher test scores and outstanding grades with The Princeton Review's High School Chemistry Review.

We tell it to you straight, thoroughly explaining the important topics you'll need to understand to prepare for quizzes and tests, complete homework assignments effectively, and earn higher grades. We've carefully examined chemistry textbooks just like yours to make sure that this book includes all the material essential to a thorough review. In this guide, we cover:

*Chemical Terms & Definitions
*Formulas & Equations
*Inorganic Nomenclature
*Ideal Gases & Kinetics
*Solutions
*Equilibrium
*Acids & Bases
*Thermodynamics
*Electrochemistry

And since practicing your test-taking skills is just as important to getting good grades as knowing the material, we include two practice exams that feature the types of questions and problems that appear on in-class tests.

About the Author

Nilanjan Sen is an honors graduate of the University of Rochester and the New York University Graduate School.  Currently, he holds the position of adjunct professor of biology at Westchester College.  He is a former instructor of MCAT at The Princeton Review.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Princeton Review; 1st edition (March 10, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0375750827
• ISBN-13: 978-0375750823
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,279,396 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Text books only go so far, February 10, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: High School Chemistry Review (Review Smart) (Paperback)

Text books can only bring you so far. Yet this book can get you the "A" you have been looking for. It has simple to understand knowledge with easy to interprete diagrams. A must have for any level-one high school Chemistry student. The only visible problem with this book is it lacks some detail, in the text, and visual maps.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I can't believe they printed this..., December 23, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: High School Chemistry Review (Review Smart) (Paperback)

unless they re-released this book! It is FULL of errors. I noticed this first when doing the problems in the back of chapter 4, the Charle's Law problems. Let's think about this for a second. If air (a combination of gasses) compressed to half its volume when the temperature went from 20 degrees C. to 10 degrees C., we'd be in a far different world than we live in now. But doesn't Charles' Law say V(1)/T(1)=V(2)/T(2)? So if you had 2 L at 20 degrees C, it should be 1 L at 10 degrees? NO!!!! In this equation, you must use degrees Kelvin. But 20 problems use C. Very very bad.

Then, there is the equation for converting Fahrenheit to Centigrade. It has C = 5/9(F)-32. But, in fact, you have to subtract the 32 from the F degrees before you multiply by 5/9.

Princeton Review should be ashamed of themselves!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Mediocre Only, December 31, 2002

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G. M. Kim (Seattle, Washington) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: High School Chemistry Review (Review Smart) (Paperback)

As a high school Junior enrolled in the standard Chemistry class, I wasn't able to use this book to the fullest. It did not coincide with my class at all, and the material it covered was very slim, and lacking in detail. No matter how I tried, I was not able to relate the text to help me study for class. Maybe this book is for a higher-level high school Chemistry course, like accelerated or AP? Don't buy if you're looking for a study aid on your average, run-of-the-mill high school Chemistry class.