Chemistry Made Simple: A Complete Introduction to the Basic Building Blocks of Matter

by John T. Moore

Book Overview

See the world, one molecule at a time. Chemistry helps us understand not only the world around us, but also our own bodies. CHEMISTRY MADE SIMPLE makes it fun. Each chapter has practice problems with... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0767917022
• ISBN13: 9780767917025
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.9" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

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The book is pitched towards a final year of high school or a first undergraduate year. Where the latter is perhaps for a non-chemistry major. Moore writes straightforwardly about basic concepts like Avogardro's Number and molarity. There is also some coverage of organic chemistry. Of necessity, this goes little beyond definitions of the main organic types, like ethers, esters and aldehydes. Organic chemistry has a rich network of synthesis pathways that the text can only touch the fringes of. Yet hopefully, a keen student might be encouraged enough to remember these terms and even venture deep into chemistry.