Homework Helpers: Chemistry [Paperback]

Greg Curran (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1564147215 | ISBN-13: 978-1564147219 | Publication Date: March 2004

Do you fear mole conversions and Avogadro's number? Are oxidation-reduction reactions just too much to handle? Are the Ideal Gas Laws getting you down? When your teacher tries to teach you how to name organic compounds, is he or she speaking a language you never learned? Homework Helpers: Chemistry is a user-friendly review book that will make every student-or parent trying to help their child-feel like he or she has a private Chemistry tutor. Concepts are explained in clear, easy-to-understand language, and problems are worked out with step-by-step methods that are easy to follow. Each lesson comes with numerous review questions and answer keynotes that explain each correct answer and why it's correct. The Homework Helpers Series is just what students need to boost their confidence and give them the help they need to ace even the most challenging classes.

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About the Author

Greg Curran has degrees in Biology and Psychology from the State University of New York at Purchase and a MS in Curriculum and Teaching from Fordham University. He has been teaching Science for 20 years, and is currently teaching Chemistry and Physics at Fordham Preparatory School in New York, where he also serves as the chairman of the Science Department. He is the author of Science Help Online (fordhamprep.org/gcurran), a free site designed to help students who are learning Chemistry. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 351 pages
• Publisher: Career Press (March 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564147215
• ISBN-13: 978-1564147219
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #322,847 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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49 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Help Book !, August 8, 2004

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M. K Yousuf (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Homework Helpers: Chemistry (Paperback)

This is a truly remarkable book. It is as if the author is sitting right next to you and listening to your mind as you read page after page and as questions arise in your mind, the answers begin to unfold. The author anticipates them and answers them.

This is a must book if you wish for a painless refresher on the very basic fundamentals of chemistry explained and taught in a very friendly and understanding style.

Chapter 3 on atomic structure is a masterpiece. You just cannot afford to miss this chapter ! It is the centerpiece of this book as far as I am concerned. The author does not rush. The entire chapter is one that the reader should not miss. It is this chapter that will make readers truly enjoy chemistry.

The chapters that follow cement the concepts so vital to enjoying chmistry.

This book is a must in anyone's collection of useful and helpful books. It is truly a very economic investment and I recommend this book very highly to anyone wishing to get a refresher on basic concepts.

41 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I passed my chemistry class because of this book, June 30, 2007

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Jaybird (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Homework Helpers: Chemistry (Paperback)

I'm in a Registered Nurse program and was struggling to understand chemistry and the textbook that the school had supplied. I had failed one exam and several dry lab assignments so I bought this book, referred to it often, did the exercises and exam questions in it and I ended up passing with an A, but also with the top score in the class! The practice exercises are great because they explain why an answer is correct-that way if you didn't get the right answer the first time you can see what you did wrong. I would recommend this book to any beginning chemistry student

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars love it! very helpful!, July 25, 2004

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P Chan "fitnessprincess424" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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i'm taking an honors course for Chemistry and i'm only a freshman so that was extremely hard but with this book it really helped explain things and i loved his examples cuz even if you didn't get the scientific reasoning at first, you'll get it by his real-life examples. Also, i love his little tests after every mini-chapter and then a unit test. that was extremely helpful. all in all, the book was worth it and its probably a better book than Idiot's cuz it's actually in a format of how a teacher would teach you it so it's easy to understand and its more reliable cuz u know your teacher is going to teach it just like that since he's a teacher himself. get this book! you won't be disappointed! picture models are included to help understand topics as well as answers and explanations to answers for the tests!