Introduction to Chemical Principles

by H. Stephen Stoker

Book Overview

Newly updated based on extensive reviewer feedback, this affordable introductory text remains focused on the essentials necessary for success in General Chemistry. Introduction to Chemistry... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0321666046
• ISBN13: 9780321666048
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 776 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.0" x 9.9"

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this book came a little longer than i anticipated, 3 weeks from the date i ordered it, so if you want your book fast i recommend the expediated shipping. Also, there was a problem with the packing it stuck directly to my book removing pieces of the cover, which i think is not great for the buyback. Other than that it was the cheapest priced of all textbook websites.

A students point of view

I am a chem major and had the worst luck of having a terrible instructor and book for my introductory classes. After a few horrible attempts at teaching I asked a different professor if they had a book they recommended. I ttold them that I would be trying to do this independently from class and that as a chem major I would need get a good solid grounding in chem. The professor gave me this book saying that it had been rejected by the committee that selects the books for the intro chem classes. Cons: there are a few mistakes in this book and when I asked the professor why it was rejected she stated it was because there were some chemistry in the book that was wrong. Pros: I loved the book. It was very easy to read and to follow especially if going on it independently ( of course when I had questions I asked my graduate level friends and they cleared this up). Overall it was a great book it really explained it on easy terms at least well enough that when other future professors went over a topic I found I could either grasp what they were talking about much quicker than the other students around me or I had gone a little more in depth than the professor wanted to go but because I did I was able to understand it better and quicker. The book is not perfect but it is a great basic chem book. Even now 2 semesters later I got unlucky to get stuck with a really dry hard to understand professor and I am using this book to reference as I once again continue to do independent learning. One more note: I use this book as reference book so I have never read it back to back..I have always followed the syllabus in my classes and just looked up what I needed to know, worked out the example problems, and the cumulative problems. When my answered differed from the text that was when I asked my TA to help me solve. This has worked fabulously for me. I hope that this review helped. Heck for the price it can't hurt to try it. You probably won't regret it.