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Analytical Chemistry
Published July 2008
Exploring Chemical Analysis provides an ideal introduction to analytical chemistry for students whose primary interests generally lie outside of chemistry. Combining coverage of all major analytical topics with effective problem-solving methods, it teaches students how to understand analytical results and how to use quantitative manipulations, preparing them for the problems they will encounter in fields from biology to chemistry to geology. The book contains coverage of chemical equilibrium in the areas of activity, systematic treatment of equilibrium, solubility, EDTA titration curves, and redox titration curves. The new edition includes more applications throughout, more emphasis on 'green chemistry' and more integration of Excel.
Published July 2006
A comprehensive introduction to the tools and techniques of analytical chemistry, Quantitative Chemical Analysis has been thoroughly revised to include recent research. The new edition also includes new chapters and website. Following on from previous editions this text is thoroughly grounded in reality incorporating real data, spreadsheets, and a wealth of applications. Harris makes the material clear, relevant, intriguing, and accessible.
Environmental Chemistry
Published April 2008
Global warming. Renewable energy. Hazardous waste. Carbon footprints. These and other environmental topics are being discussed and debated more vigorously than ever. Environmental Chemistry is the only textbook that explores the chemical processes and properties underlying these crucial issues at an accessible, introductory level. With authoritative coverage that balances soil, water, and air chemistry, the new edition again focuses on the environmental impacts of chemical production and experimentation, offering additional "green chemistry" sections and new case studies, plus updated coverage of instrumental analysis, farming applications, bioengineering, and biotechnology.
General Chemistry
Published Feb 2008
Written for general chemistry courses, Chemical Principles helps students develop chemical insight by showing the connections between fundamental chemical ideas and their applications. It begins with a detailed picture of the atom then builds towards chemistry's frontier, continually demonstrating how to solve problems, think about nature and matter, and visualize chemical concepts in the same way as working chemists.
Published May 2006
A unique book offering students a refreshing new approach to learning basic chemical concepts. All the examples and applications in the text come from the field of forensic chemistry, reinforcing the coverage of basic principles with intriguing examples while revealing the actual crime-fighting capabilities of forensic science.
Published April 2006
This successful text is ideal for students taking courses in chemical literacy. The new edition has been brought up-to-date and now includes a new chapter on Forensic Chemistry.
Published March 2006
Vollhardt and Schore introduce Organic Chemistry in a fresh, student-friendly way. The new edition incorporates the most current chemical research and new synthesis and green chemistry applications.
Organic Chemistry
Published January 2006
This book's mechanistic approach constructs organic chemistry from the ground up, focusing on the points of relativities, whilst still covering organic compound classes in the traditional order. Hundreds of worked examples and student exercises combine with clear writing and a sound pedagogy to make this text an exceptional choice.
Published August 2005
This modern textbook makes explicit the many connections between physical organic chemistry and critical fields such as organometallic chemistry, materials chemistry, bioorganic chemistry, and biochemistry. In addition to covering thoroughly the core areas of physical organic chemistry - structure and mechanism - the book will escort the practitioner of organic chemistry into a field that has been thoroughly updated. The foundations and applicabilities of modern computational methods are also developed.
Physical Chemistry
Published May 2000
Hailed by advance reviewers as "a kinder, gentler P. Chem. text," this book meets the needs of an introductory course on physical chemistry, and is an ideal choice for courses geared toward pre-medical and life sciences students. Physical Chemistry for the Chemical and Biological Sciences offers a wealth of applications to biological problems, numerous worked examples and around 1000 chapter-end problems.
Published January 2007
Introduction to Quantum Mechanics covers quantum mechanics from a time-dependent perspective in a unified way from beginning to end. Intended for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses this text will change the way people think about and teach quantum mechanics in chemistry and physics departments.
Published October 2007
The biggest change in the years since the first edition is the proliferation of computational chemistry programs that calculate molecular properties. McQuarrie presents step-by-step SCF calculations of a helium atom and a hydrogen molecule, in addition to including the Hartree-Fock method and post-Hartree-Fock methods.
Published February 2005
This book is ideal for use in a one-semester introductory course in
physical chemistry for students of life sciences. The author's aim is
to emphasize the understanding of physical concepts rather than focus
on precise mathematical development or on actual experimental details.
Subsequently, only basic skills of differential and integral calculus
are required for understanding the equations. The end-of-chapter
problems have both physiochemical and biological applications.
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