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Title: General Chemistry: An Integrated Approach (3rd Edition) by John W. Hill, Ralph H. Petrucci ISBN: 0-13-033445-6 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 05 December, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $136.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Trades readability for depth and rigor
Comment: This text is best suited for very good students who are motivated, comfortable reading English at a high level and mathematically adept: other students would be served much better by a different book. It contains far more material than could possibly be covered in a standard freshman general chemistry sequence, even with a good class. The authors assume that their audience is composed of the students I described initially (I am told it is the textbook at MIT), and leave it to the instructor to "break it down" for the students. Initially, I was not fond of this book, but I have slowly changed my mind, and I believe I have a better grasp of introductory chemistry thanks to the extra depth it goes to and the challenges it made me rise to.
Rating: 2
Summary: Could be much better
Comment: It is because of textbooks such as this one that students lose interest in chemistry, and, worse, science in general. Yes, it is filled with LOTS of information, but there are many instances in which otherwise relatively simple concepts are twisted into something incomprehensible. In some cases, it seemed that the authors went out of their way to explain a topic in the most convoluted manner possible. Come on guys, chemistry is complex enough as it is, so rather than write a tome displaying how much YOU know about the topic, how about a more "student friendly" textbook that doesn't so readily confirm most people's suspicians that chemistry is as dry as saw dust.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Intro Text
Comment: This text was used in 1999-2000 at Oregon State University for the 100-level General Chem sequence for non-science majors. It is an excellent text with a (generally) friendly approach to introductory topics, and there are many nice photographs and discussion boxes containing info about practical chem applications. For some reason, the authors include a significant section on organic chemistry in chapter 2, far before they discuss bonding.... Other than that, this book is great. Better than four out of five other general chem texts.
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Title: General Chemistry by John W. Hill ISBN: 013062005X Publisher: Prentice Hall College Div Pub. Date: December, 2001 List Price(USD): $47.00 |
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Title: Biology (6th Edition) by Neil A. Campbell, Jane B. Reece ISBN: 0805366245 Publisher: Pearson Higher Education Pub. Date: 11 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $128.00 |
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Title: Precalculus (6th Edition) by Michael Sullivan ISBN: 0130412147 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: June, 2001 List Price(USD): $114.00 |
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Title: Chemistry, Seventh Edition by Raymond Chang ISBN: 0073656011 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Pub. Date: 28 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $154.80 |
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Title: Precalculus fifth edition by Ron Larson, Robert Hostetler ISBN: 0618052852 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 01 January, 1900 List Price(USD): $119.96 |
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