Chemical Principles, Enhanced Edition (with Enhanced WebAssign with eBook Printed Access Card) - Hardcover

Zumdahl, Steven S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1439043981 ISBN 13: 9781439043981

Publisher: Brooks Cole, 2009

Synopsis

Already known for helping you develop the qualitative, conceptual foundation that gets you thinking like a chemists, this Enhanced Edition has been specially updated to include instant access to ENHANCED WEBASSIGN, the most widely-used and reliable homework system. This market-leading text is designed for students with solid mathematical preparation and prior exposure to chemistry. The unique organization of the text supports this qualitative-to-quantitative approach. A strong emphasis on models and everyday applications of chemistry combines with a thoughtful, step-by-step problem solving approach to build conceptual understanding.

About this title

About the Author:

Steven S. Zumdahl earned a B.S. in Chemistry from Wheaton College (IL) and a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He has been a faculty member at the University of Colorado-Boulder, Parkland College (IL), and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) where he is Professor Emeritus. He has received numerous awards including the National Catalyst Award for Excellence in Chemical Education, the University of Illinois Teaching Award, the UIUC Liberal Arts and Sciences Award for Excellence in Teaching, UIUC Liberal Arts and Sciences Advising Award, and the School of Chemical Sciences Teaching award (five times). He is the author of several chemistry textbooks. In his leisure time he enjoys traveling and collecting classic cars.

Review:

The writing style is lucid, direct, precise, and non-verbose. Some other introductory chemistry texts adopt a verbose presentation with the attendant loss of clarity.

The writing style is crisp and to the point whereas the art, tables, and end of chapter problems nicely support the written text.

My sense is that the topics are pitched at an appropriate level.

The students who are floundering and to whom I have recommended Zumdahl invariably come away with an enhanced understanding of the relevant chemical concepts after a thorough encounter with this text.

This is the singular text that does not compromise discipline of mind and contains flashes of insight and brilliance reminiscent of the Linus Pauling series of introductory texts, and yet is conceptually and algebraically accessible to most students with a good background in high school chemistry.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brooks Cole
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1439043981
• ISBN 13: 9781439043981
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 1232