John T. Moore (1)Besprekingen

No reviews??? Currently reading, but the first chapter or two were very good as a biology review of the cell. Maybe its just the dummy in me talking, but i like the pictures.

Ich finde es sehr gut für den Einstieg geeignet, vor allem für ein Studium in Naturwissenschaften zur Vorbereitung auf eine Vorlesung Chemie. Ausreichen tut es im Studium aber wohl nicht.

Unsuitable for a mature intelligence. There is a horrible absence of numeric chemistry books suitable for adults. There are only textbooks and intelligent, non-numeric books.

Like most of the for dummies series, its a good suplement, but if this is all you have to work from, then you are completly doomed. i caught at least one error (where the author indicated the reaction was going to involve KI but instead involved NaI) and I'm sure that if I caught one there were likely others. A lot of the material really was a waste of my time, which was understandable, as the author couldn't possibly know what areas of o-chem II my profesor would want us to concentrate on. Not really enough humor either. That all said, it was a good suplement in that it did help connect some of the dots to help a student better understand the wicked evil that is o-chem II.

This is a great book for learning basic chemistry. It's witty and easy to understand, even for those with no previous chemistry experience. If you're looking for a simple chemistry book, look no further, this is it.

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Contents
Introduction
1. Matter And Energy: Exploring The Stuff Of Chemistry
2. What’s In An Atom?
3. The Periodic Table
4. Nuclear Chemistry
5. Ionic Bonding
6. Covalent Bonding
7. Chemical Reactions
8. Electrochemistry: Using Electrons
9. Measuring Substances With The Mole
10. A Salute To Solutions
11. Acids And Bases
12. Clearing The Air On Gases
13. Ten Serendipitous Discoveries In Chemistry
Index