Hardcover: 936 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall; 4 edition (January 6, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0321750896
ISBN-13: 978-0321750891
Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 1.4 x 10.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.6 pounds
Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (121 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #16,181 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #8 in Books > Education & Teaching > Schools & Teaching > Instruction Methods > Science & Technology #51 in Books > Science & Math > Chemistry > General & Reference #56 in Books > Textbooks > Science & Mathematics > Chemistry
My friend A. Simone bought this book, and this is what she had to say about it: Chemistry is typically a tough subject for many people, but this book makes it very easy to understand. I used this book for my chemistry class and loved it. This book was very helpful to me throughout the course. At my college, we had the condensed version of this book which only contained the topics we would need. My version of this book was still very large. The size of the book may be intimidating, but it is written very well. It explains the easier concepts nicely, but also breaks down the harder topics for a better understanding. My favorite part about this textbook was the graphics. All the graphs, tables, charts, and diagrams were great to refer to, especially for visual learners like myself.Although, I did not use this book on a daily basis, my purpose for it was to review or refer back to it. I had an excellent teacher, who made the material fun and easier to learn. The practice problems in the book are very helpful as well. They vary in difficulty, ensuring that you will know how to do simple and harder problems of the same topic.Even though I did not use this book as the bulk of my studying material, it is definitely very useful and resourceful. If someone had to use this book to teach themselves or read chapter by chapter, it wouldn't be difficult to do. The way the book is organized makes it simple to follow along.The most useful thing about this textbook was the conversion charts in the back of the book. I used this a lot for homework and studying. It has everything from metric conversions, temperature conversions, molarity conversions, ionization energy, periodic table, and many other conversions or numbers needed to do equations with.You canât beat the price that sells it for. I think this book is worth every penny. This is also a great textbook to have on hand, especially if you plan to take a higher level chemistry or even biology or anatomy classes. I think this book is a good reference, and I plan to keep it for the rest of my college career. With that being said, I would recommend buying this book instead of renting it.
Every page in this book truly looks like it would in the printed version, except perhaps that the images seem even clearer, more sharp. Navigation is incredibly easy, I don't have to struggle to find a specific page, or to flip from one to the next, the pages all load immediately and the table of contents is a touch away, but also hidden until you need it. I bought the Kindle book so I wouldn't have to carry around a heavy textbook, and because I can still do everything I can do with a printed book (highlight, bookmark, etc) without having to worry about damaging it. The downside is I can't re-sell it, and it does not come with the access code, or anything really, just the book itself.
I hated this book for the way it teaches Scientific math and rounding rules. Whatever happened to rounding to the nearest digit or three or four digit number? Must be common core garbage but it made little sense to me and I wouldn't rec. This book to my worst enemy.
Really great book in helping you understand chemistry. The concept checks, sample problems, and study checks really help check your understanding, as well as all the problems included in each chapter. This book is geared towards students headed in the medical field, and does a great job tying together chemistry with real life.
I've not seen a better chemistry book. I had to use the Tro books before and there is no comparison. This book gives great details, examples, and step-by-step instructions. I only needed to use this for chapters 10+ but when I needed a review the first part covered adequately. Even the Mastering Chemistry that is used for this text is much better.
For pre nursing this book is really overcomplicated and goes way more in-depth than anything we covered in class. The graphics were easy to follow and helped explain things way better than the text, which was very long winded and made it hard to understand.
This was the suggested textbook for an online Intro to Chemistry class I took at my local CC. Although it was not required, I found it extremely helpful in explaining the concepts. It gave additional practice problems that ensured that I knew the material for the test. I got an A in the course. This is not a textbook that you will find a waste of money. Even better is the rental option available--more cost effective.
Good layout, colorful, keeps the learning process interesting. I love the loose-leaf format that I can just remove the sections currently being covered without having to lug the whole heavy textbook around. And it's always a plus when there is a study guide to go with it. There should be an option to include the Mastering Chemistry with the loose-leaf edition as well, instead of having to buy it separately..
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