Chemistry and Chemical Reactivity (with General ChemistryNOW CD-ROM)

by John C. Kotz, Paul M. Treichel, Gabriela C. Weaver

CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL REACTIVITY has been revised to help students get to a higher level of understanding of General Chemistry-concepts. This revision includes General ChemistryNow, a new CD-ROM and web-based learning system that focuses on goals, connections, and complete integration with the text.

Genres: Science, Textbooks, Reference, School, Technical, Chemistry, Nonfiction

1328 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1987

Reviews

[Erica · Rating 5 out of 5]

After two years of having this in my currently reading shelf, I think I am finally going to sideline it, at least for the time being.
My goal was to read the entire book and do every problem in the book as penance for never doing any problems in college. Somehow (by the use of multiple choice questions and humongous classes with ridiculous curves)I got through two semesters of college chemistry by never solving a single problem, taking educated guesses on all exams, and still passing...the very thought of the it blows me away. So for penance years later, I thought I should work every single problem in the book. Well after getting though half the book I realized how easy it would have been to ace and understand chemistry, if I had only cared enough at the time to crack the book. Unfortunately when my momentum was carrying me forward happily toward my goal, I reached the middle of the book, at which point I decided I would take a summer/semester break myself, and return to it when the weather turned again. But my momentum being lost, as well as my son's nap time, I never did get back into it. I do have the confidence now though that I can do the dreaded subject just fine, when I again find the time to finish this goal. Leaving off on pg 546 of 1120...

[Sam Pruden · Rating 1 out of 5]

I hate Chem

[Vildan · Rating 3 out of 5]

not good...Ebbing is better

[Rain · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had this book for two semesters of college level general chemistry; a requirement for my major. This book was good, as good as 1000-ish page textbook based in one of your most disliked subjects can be. I must say that the problems weren't great. My first semester my teacher wrote his own questions, the second semester my teacher assigned questions from the book. I succeeded better and understood the topics better by doing 20 specifc questions from the teacher than 50 from the textbook. Overall, I passed (I have three exams left for my secnond semester as of now but will certaintly pass) both classes depite the fact that I despise essentially all forms of physical sciences.

[Alex Brown · Rating 4 out of 5]

Generally accessible and well written. In a few places I found concepts difficult to grasp, and perhaps the presentation could be tweaked. I appreciated the wide range of material covered and later chapters introducing biochem and Ochem. The level of depth was sufficient for my purposes.

[stocazzo · Rating 1 out of 5]

chimica merda
l'unico capitolo che si salva è quello sugli orbitali

[Carlo Fabrizio · Rating 4 out of 5]

Introduzione appassionante alla chimica generale. Se hai tempo per preparare l'esame questo è un buon libro per farlo.

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book taught me about basic university-level chemistry.

[Amber · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was the textbook I had for general chemistry as an undergrad and I highly recommend it!

[Drew (graysonsyd) · Rating 3 out of 5]

A well-presented chemistry textbook, but not as comprehensive as it needs to be. Requires a few smaller companion books to cover everything in enough detail.

[Nikky]

...per capire quanto mi piace questo libro...basti pensare che ho dato l'esame di Chimica inorganica 5 volte...