Introductory Chemistry: Concepts and Critical Thinking

by Charles H. Corwin

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0321663055
• ISBN13: 9780321663054
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 660 Pages
• Weight: 3.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 8.7" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

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Great Introductory Textbook

I have used the Corwin textbook in the 8th and 9th Edition to teach a introductory chemistry course, mainly for non-majors. The 8th Edition was universally loved by the students, according to their feedback on questionnaires. The 9th Edition was still very well liked, though rated slightly lower by the students. The Problem Solving Study Aids offer the students a clear roadmap to solving otherwise complicated problems. The types of problems introduced in each chapter are well summarized in the Problem-Solving Organizers. The Key Concepts help in reinforcing critical thinking, which do a good job of testing the students understanding of theory. The worked examples are well presented. The 9th Edition has more historical context for the material. The list of Key Terms for each chapter was helpful for the students to review the new vocabulary from each chapter. We did not receive the student study guide in time for it to be used in our course. The study guide for the 8th Edition was well-received by the students and I expect the study guide for the 9th Edition will be the same. I suspect that the lack of the study guide might have caused the lower rating seen in the student reviews of the 9th Edition. The Corwin Textbook is also well-supported by electronic resources, which the students found useful. This is an excellent introductory textbook.

I like this book so much I am buying copies for my students!

I have been a college student and subsequently a teacher of chemistry for a number of years now and this is the first book that has really impressed me enough so that I want to continue teaching from it for years to come. I think the writing is clear and at the appropriate level for junior college students in a general introductory course. We only cover the first 11 chapters in our quarter, but the content, problems, and photography are superb. I detest the racket of publishers putting out new editions every other year or so, forcing poor college students to fork over $120 per book for a course that may require more than one textbook! So I have taken it upon myself to buy up used copies of this edition (no way will the college bookstore buy them back from the students!) and distribute them to my students on a loaner basis for the duration of the course. Sure wish I had had a teacher like me! This book is a 1000 times better than the text I used at the University of California in the year-long sequence! The new edition (4th) is essentially the same book, just a nice new cover and an inflated price. My only complaint about the book is that it was not glued together well at the plant when they made them, as all of the first pages tend to fall out or pull out with too much use when students refer to the periodic table inside the front cover. So that's my 2 cents, just please don't compete with me for the reasonably priced used 3rd editions. I already have bought over 50, though, so you really wouldn't hurt my program, but I intend to keep snatching them up!