Chemistry: A Molecular Approach

By Nivaldo J. Tro and Tro Nivaldo J.

Book Overview

For courses in chemistry.

Actively engage students to become expert problem solvers and critical thinkers

Nivaldo Tro's Chemistry: A Molecular Approach presents chemistry visually through multi-level images--macroscopic, molecular, and symbolic representations--to help students see the connections between the world they see around them, the atoms and molecules that compose the world, and the formulas they write down on paper. Interactive, digital versions of select worked examples instruct students how to break down problems using Tro's unique "Sort, Strategize, Solve, and Check" technique and then complete a step in the example. To build conceptual understanding, Dr. Tro employs an active learning approach through interactive media that requires students to pause during videos to ensure they understand before continuing.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0134874374
• ISBN13: 9780134874371
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 1320 Pages
• Weight: 6.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 8.6" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Great Chemistry Textbook!!

This textbook is FANTASTIC! My favorite feature in this textbook are the examples. Each example is written step by step with instructions on one side, with the problem worked out next to it. After each example is a practice problem which enables the student to reinforce the new techniques using a similar problem. I had a very enthusiastic professor for Chemistry, who had difficulty communicating the subject as English was not her primary language....this being said, this textbook made it easy for me to get an "A" in the course, and also served as a good foundation for my future Chemistry courses. Honestly, a student could easily learn Chemistry from this textbook with little or no assistance from their instructor!!

Well written

I have found that this book wastes no time in getting "down and dirty", this book is for the serious beginning chemistry student. The book is well organized, the questions are thorough and follow logically, I have found only one or two typos since I first bought it (in book terms this is excellent), It goes into detail yet is condensed enough that less useful details are omitted, and beyond all that, I must say to the hard work went into this book...it is beautiful, the illustrations are great, and the graphics demonstrate the times. I think this book will work very well for college chemistry courses (perhaps less well for HS chem but still good). Hope this review was helpful.

Great book, but the solutions manual is essential.

This is an excellent book that gives wonderful examples that clarify confusing concepts in chemistry. Granted, this book does have a few things that are less than desirable (exothermic/endothermic reactions are confusing because Tro does not clearly define what the "system" is; wave diffraction is confusing but that is really a physics topic, etc.). However, the way Tro sorts out problems (sort, strategize, solve, solution, check) is amazing. To truly reap the benefits of this incredible book though, the serious student should purchase the instructor's solutions manual (all reveiw questions and every problem at the end of each chapter). The link to buy this solutions manual is: [...] Well worth the cost for serious chem students!

An engaging and well organized new text for general chemistry

This is a new textbook for general chemistry. Yes, there a quite a number of general chemistry texts and they all cover roughly the same general material. They differ more in how they organize the material, illustrate it, and their method of helping the student develop a solid understanding and command of this basic material. The student not only needs to learn the basic facts of chemistry, she needs to learn how to think about it so when she looks at the world, she can see and understand the issues as they relate to this vital science. Dr. Tro begins this book by explaining how the text was developed and provides instructions for the student on how to make the most of the book. I liked this a great deal. He starts the book by providing what he thinks is the most important scientific idea in all of human knowledge: "the properties of matter are determined by the properties of molecules and atoms". From there he builds all the principles taught in general chemistry. He also define chemistry as: "the science that seeks to understand the behavior of matter by studying the behavior of atoms and molecules". Each chapter is organized in a similar fashion and a great deal of emphasis is placed on making the illustrations demonstrate a principle - a process - rather than an isolated picture. Tro also has interesting articles of chemistry in various fields in different chapters and he often introduces ideas with practical issues that will likely matter to the student. For review, at the end of each chapter he goes over the key concepts taught, the key equations and relationships discussed, and the key skills that the student is expected to have learned. He provides exercises to test one's mastery of the material that the student can answer for himself. The problems are organized by chapter topic. Those listed with blue numbers have answers provided in the back of the book. There are also cumulative problems that build on skills learned previously, challenge problems, and conceptual problems that go a bit further than the minimum requirements of chapter mastery. Besides Appendix III with selected answers, there are others with key equations, useful data, and a glossary. And there is a good index, as well. I think it is a handsome and very useful text for teaching and learning general chemistry. A general reader could benefit from studying from it because it is clear and engaging enough that one can work through what is being taught.