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 College Chemistry Text Book February 14, 2010
Nan Stephens
This book does a good job of presenting material in a precise manner. Two classes at my college are taught out of this text book and I was amazed at how thin it was. It is not at all a heavy, bulky book but it still does an excellent job of explaining material and providing useful problems.
 Buyer Beware of Anybook Sales September 24, 2009
KR (Florida)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was very discouraged. I did not receive the item within the dates as I was promised. It was over 2 weeks late and the item was not in the condition for which I paid. The textbook was also missing the CD and InfoTrac as described. The sellars only comment was that I could return it and receive a 15% discount on my next order. Since it took so long to receive the textbook, I felt I couldn't take the chance of returning it as my son was currently in the class.I will NEVER deal with this sellar again. As an educator, I will not suggest this company to my students.
Not helpful for a student December 3, 2008
Janette L. Dereamer (PA USA)
My professor required this book to give us just the bones of chemistry and to save us money. For the student it is way too short with descriptions and barely any explanations which make it very hard to understand. This is a frustrating book and it results in a frantic student looking for a good tutor. If you are a teacher/professor, please do not try to do your students any favors with this book.
Good Book, Great Price September 12, 2008
Katherine Boccanelli (Maine, USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
As far as the material goes, this book is well written. It's easy to read and easy to follow, and full of diagrams and pictures that not only relate to the subject matter, they also break up the text and give your mind a bit of a break from straight reading. But let's be honest... if you're buying this book, you're most likely a college student buying it because you have to, so what you care about is saving money. In that respect, I paid about $100 for this book NEW from amazon when my book store wanted $140 for it USED!! So it doesn't take stoichiometry to figure out that this was a GREAT buy!! (Yeah, lame chemistry joke...lol)
Not for serious Chemistry Students! August 28, 2008
B. Harvey (Va, United States)
This book is about 1/4 the size of the average Intro/Freshman Chem class, and so is about 1/4 of the information. This book does a DECENT job on BASIC principles of chemistry, but like has been said before, a good chemistry professor might aid in the understanding these principles. If using this book for a Freshman Chemistry class with the intent to move to Organic Chemistry, you might be in a tad bit of trouble.
In short: Too short, little detail. Seems elementary compared to most chemistry books
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