Covers all the requirements of the Cambridge International AS and A Level Chemistry syllabus (9701). Written by highly experienced authors, Cambridge International AS and A Level Chemistry comprehensively covers the Cambridge syllabus and is now available in both print and e-book formats. Simple and clear language, colourful photos and international examples make this book accessible to students around the world. Exam-style questions at the end of each chapter reinforce knowledge and skills and offer thorough exam practice. The print book includes a Student CD-ROM of supplementary materials including test-yourself-questions, study skills guidance, animations and advice on the practical examination. These supplementary materials (with the exception of the animations) are also included in the e-book version.
I was playing modded Minecraft and there's a modpack called gregtech, which TLDR, contains a fair amount of chemistry.
As for me, I didn't do a level chemistry, though I did do biology.
I was always curious about orbitals, crude oil... Plastic production, organic chemistry and so on. And I just thought, you know what, I will just read the entire syllabus.
Reading this to learn out of pure curiosity, I think it's pretty good. Assumptions of knowledge from GCSE carries over and so it wasn't hard for me to follow along. To test myself, I did some of the questions which I thought were for the most part pretty easy.
However, I can't say how good this textbook is for exams, so do not take my advice for that.
But as for fulfilling my curiosity, I think it did well. To be honest, I was expecting alot more in organic chemistry but I guess that adding alot more would explode a level students heads.
Now, I can understand and follow NileRed's videos ( if any of you know who that is).
I've been teaching the Cambridge International Examination A-Level certification for almost a year now, and wish I'd had this book as support material the day I started the course.
It's clearly laid out, accessible by English as second language learners (if handled correctly) and, most importantly, covers the entire syllabus in one handy volume (so you aren't going to end up rooting round in a bunch of different places to find the basic content).
In short, buy this book, you can't go far wrong with it if you're teaching the CIE A-Level Chemistry course.