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Introduction to General, Organic, and Biochemistry
Intended for use in the two-term, freshman-level General, Organic, and Biochemistry course taken by Allied Health students, the Ninth Edition of this widely adopted text includes improved explanations, updated materials, cutting-edge developments, emerging technologies, and revisions to the popular Chemistry in Action sections. Hein, Pattison, Best, and Arena is a market-proven text that provides the most comprehensive coverage of general, organic, and biochemistry available at this level.
Experienced authors, Hein, Pattison, Best, and Arena, recognize that both science and mathematics can be daunting subjects to students. They skillfully anticipate areas of difficulty and pace the text accordingly. Particular emphasis is placed on the understanding of how chemical principles relate to their lives and future careers. The authors focus on problem solving over rote memorization and provide a variety of exercises to aid in the development of this essential skill.
While the authors have revised and updated sections on inorganic and organic chemistry throughout the text, they particularly focused on incorporating many of the recent developments in biochemistry.
Experienced authors, Hein, Pattison, Best, and Arena, recognize that both science and mathematics can be daunting subjects to students. They skillfully anticipate areas of difficulty and pace the text accordingly. Particular emphasis is placed on the understanding of how chemical principles relate to their lives and future careers. The authors focus on problem solving over rote memorization and provide a variety of exercises to aid in the development of this essential skill.
While the authors have revised and updated sections on inorganic and organic chemistry throughout the text, they particularly focused on incorporating many of the recent developments in biochemistry.
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First published January 1, 1993
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May 19, 2011
Now that my semester is over, I'll be glad to put this book aside. Of my three main textbooks (Physics, Chemistry and Biology) this one was sort of the middle one. I didn't hate it. I didn't love it. I didn't use it to study ahead, but I did use it to review for exams.
It could definitely be better written... the format for one is just confusing and it's hard to get a straight up overview of a topic, but in general it's a pretty decent book. I might use it in the future to look things up in again (i.e. reference book) but probably not unless I have no internet.
At least it's not as horrid as my physics book...
It could definitely be better written... the format for one is just confusing and it's hard to get a straight up overview of a topic, but in general it's a pretty decent book. I might use it in the future to look things up in again (i.e. reference book) but probably not unless I have no internet.
At least it's not as horrid as my physics book...
June 10, 2009
Chemistry is awesome, I love experiments.
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