Chemistry & Chemical Reactivity

This book is one of the best sources in basic chemistry for grad students with different backgrounds. The language is very easy and it covers all the most important topics in an introductory course of chemistry.

The text was in excellent condition and arrived faster than I expected. I only wished that it came with the OWL homework access code.

~For the first time I took the online class, chemistry, and we use this book as text book. It turns out that it is totally self-study. I have found this book is very well written and easy to follow. Basically I can understand everything after reading each chapter just once without any help from the instructor.The book comes with 2 CDs. I used it very rarely. I don't think they are that helpful or informative.You also can access this book companion site from the publisher website. It provides~~ two quizs per chapter. You can take it on-line. If you miss the question, it will tell you which part of text in the book you need to review/pay more attention. The quiz site is more useful than the CD.~

I never had interest in chemistry (and probably never will) but I found this book easier than most. By easier I do not mean that there is not much content, but the way of writing and the explainations are given in simple terms, making it better than most books. Many concepts which were greek to me were easily understood, and the excersises were designed to make a person think and apply knowledge. It is a good book, but then again, unless you're interested in chemistry this book won't magically pour knowledge of chemistry into your head. All this does is make you learn chem the way it should be learned, by understanding and applying knowledge. Among most of the chem books i've come across I'd rate this as one of the best.

This chemistry text was easy to understand and well written. The diagrams and pictures help with the understanding of the text. Throughout the text there are sample problems and solutions that help with the understanding of concepts.