Calculations in Chemistry: An Introduction

This is a very good book written in a Pseudo-Programmed Instruction format. You have to work your way through the book. There are sufficient drill problems on most topics commonly found in Introductory General Chemistry text books. The Brief Contents on...Page v...allows one to easily find the topics of interest for the required textbook. There is also a comprehensive Index. The STOP sign labeled Practice Exercises included should/must be done before moving on. The material is divided into Lessons, for example, "Word Problems." The answers to Problems and a Review Quiz with answer are given at the end of each Chapter. Each lesson is filled with Practice Problem Sets(A, B, C...). The answers are provided at the end of the respective Chapters. If you have already taken a General Chemistry Course, make sure you have this book for the convenient review of most topics. The final Chapter discusses Nuclear Chemistry. However, the book doesn't include Atomic Orbitals and Atomic Spectra. Consistent with this is that there is no discussion of absorption and/or emission spectra of atoms. However, in this instance it is not necessarily a shortcoming. The book is designed to emphasize the more classical topics in General Chemistry. There is also no direct discussion of colligative properties. Except for the absence of Atomic Spectra, this book covers most of the expected topics of General Chemistry. Based on the topics covered and the utility of the topics covered, this book is a solid introduction and/or review of classical General Chemistry. This is primarily a review/workbook of selected topics. Therefore, I am awarding it 5 stars.

I stumbled upon a link that referenced this text and knew I must have it as my current high school chemistry students cannot seem to do any mental math and this is what slows them down when taking a test. This book is full of techniques and exercises that are Chemistry specific to build those skills.

A must for returning to college after 20 years. Helped me from the basic math concepts (addition- division) to the more complex chemical equations. Couldn't have done without this book. Especially since my teacher and the free tutors are useless.

Helped my son immensely in preparation for his first year in college as a review book

I have only gotten to the first 10 pages but I can tell this is exactly what I need. If you have always felt lost in math and need basic explanations from the beginning to help you understand, this book looks like it will do the trick! Easy to understand and doesn’t assume you know anything besides basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Highly recommend!

Great book!

Really good

Arrived way before it was supposed to so supper happy about that.

Very good book, can't buy it in any book store, it's worth it