Chemistry: The Molecular Science (with InfoTrac and General Chemistry Interactive CD-ROM)

CHEMISTRY: THE MOLECULAR SCIENCE is intended to help students develop a broad overview of chemistry and chemical reactions; an understanding of the most important concepts and models that chemists and those in chemistry-related fields use; an appreciation of the many ways chemistry impacts our daily lives; the ability to apply the facts, concepts, and models of chemistry appropriately to new situations in chemistry, other sciences and engineering and to other disciplines.

John W. Moore received an A.B. magna cum laude from Franklin and Marshall College and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University. He held a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Copenhagen, and taught at Indiana University-Bloomington and Eastern Michigan University before joining the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1989. At the University of Wisconsin Dr. Moore is Professor of Chemistry, Director of the Institute for Chemical Education, and Chair of the General Chemistry Division. In 2000 he was appointed to a named chair, W.T. Lippincott Professor of Chemistry, in honor of his excellence in research in chemical education. Dr. Moore has been Editor of the "Journal of Chemical Education" since 1996. He has won every major award in chemical education, including the ACS George C. Pimentel Award and the James Flack Norris Award. In 2003 he was awarded the Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award for Excellence in Teaching Engineers by the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Engineering.