General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry: Structures of Life (2nd Edition);Structures of Life

by Karen C. Timberlake

Building on the strengths that have made Karen Timberlake a best-selling author in the one-semester allied health market, General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry: Structures of Life, Second Edition now offers even more quantitative and conceptual coverage and the most comprehensive media package available. General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry: Structures of Life also provides all of Timberlakes proven pedagogical features a clear and friendly writing style, a reader-focused approach, and real world health-related applications that readers can relate to. Chemical concepts are broken into bite-size pieces, with a step-by-step approach that provides clear and thorough understanding, and conceptual questions at the end of each chapter test reader comprehension of the material. New problems have been added throughout the text and more quantitative coverage has been added to the general chemistry section. A new color-coded Guide to Problem Solving helps readers master problem-solving skills. Measurements, Atoms and Elements, Nuclear Radiation, Compounds and Their Bonds, Chemical Reactions and Quantities, Energy and Matter, Gases, Solutions, Chemical Equilibrium, Acids and Bases, Introduction to Organic Chemistry: Alkanes, Unsaturated Hydrocarbons, Alcohols, Phenols, Ethers, and Thiols, Aldehydes, Ketones, and Chiral Molecules, Carbohydrates, Carboxylic Acids and Esters, Lipids, Amines and Amides, Amino Acids and Proteins, Enzymes and Vitamins, Nucleic Acid and Protein Synthesis, Metabolic Pathways for Carbohydrates Metabolic Pathways and Energy Production, Metabolic Pathways for Lipids and Amino Acids. MARKET: For all readers interested in general, organic, and biological chemistry.

Genres: Textbooks, Reference, School, College

960 pages, Hardcover

First published December 29, 2011

Reviews

[Bobbi Jo · Rating 4 out of 5]

It looks like I'm not completing my chemistry education with this book after all, unfortunately. This is sort of a shame, as I spent a great deal of time with it open in front of me, this past semester. I took away a "B" (I think) for the class and the instructor didn't teach a damned thing so I think that says a lot for the book.

[Katelin · Rating 3 out of 5]

As far as textbooks go, this one wasn't that bad. It was broken down into manageable chunks of information. The information was relevant and presented in a good way.

[暧夜夜 · Rating 5 out of 5]

很棒的化学入门教材，一点也不枯燥干涩。简洁明了的语言和大量配图，每一章的开头还有相关的职业介绍。推荐

[Ayla · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very informative chemistry book. Well written, illustrated, great everyday jobs associated with learning topics. My only caveat is that she used poisonous rather than venomous when speaking about snakes, snakes have fangs they inject venom, toads have poison on their skin the are poisonous. Beside that great book for chemistry!

[Angelica · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is probably the first and last textbook in my college career I will have read from cover to cover. Thankfully, it is also probably the most clear, well-written, and relevant-to-the-course textbook I have used. It got me through 2 semesters, and now I'm done with chemistry classes for the rest of time (hopefully).

[JoBird · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this to be a great textbook. Easy to read, it got me through the semester and helped me get a distinction. I had never studied Chemistry before and I found this to be a great introduction to the subject. Pretty much read it cover to cover.

[Kimba]

Far better than the prescribed text for the Chem courses, so I use this one as well

[Kristi · Rating 2 out of 5]

A textbook... woohoo. Glad to be done with this one... for now. At least everything was easy to understand, and there were interesting sections on real-life application throughout the text.

[Camille · Rating 3 out of 5]

Chem 101 at BYU by Professor Andrus. Really hard to understand the topics later in the book.