Essential Chemistry

by Raymond Chang

Book Overview

Aimed at the one-year general chemistry course, this text offers a shorter, more compact presentation of topics at the same depth and with the dame rigor as other traditional mainstream texts. It... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 007011207X
• ISBN13: 9780070112070
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 719 Pages
• Weight: 3.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

clear and accessible

Chang's text was my choice for my General Chemistry course this year. It includes very basic material, which is very helpful for heterogeneous courses or courses where students have limited background in math or chemistry. There are some odd mistakes in the text, but they are primarily when Chang editorializes and do not involve important facts or concepts. For instance, Chang states that water in the ocean has the same chemical structure as water on the ice caps of Mars.Chang intentionally avoided presenting a great deal of real-world examples or applications, but he does have a short historical or biographical sketch at the beginning of each chapter.