Chemistry For Dummies by John T. Moore EdD, Rich Tennant (Illustrator)

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  • Pub. Date: November 2002
  • 380pp
  • Sales Rank: 9,915

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    • Pub. Date: November 2002
    • Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
    • Format: Paperback, 380pp
    • Sales Rank: 9,915

    Synopsis

    We’re all natural born chemists. Every time we cook, clean, take a shower, drive a car, use a solvent, such as fingernail polish remover, or perform any of the countless everyday activities that involve complex chemical reactions we’re doing chemistry. You might even say that we’re all participating in a grand chemistry experiment that started with the first human who mixed pigments to do a cave painting. Why do so many of us desperately resist learning chemistry when we’re young? Maybe it has something to do with the way it’s taught in school.

    Now there’s a fun, easy way to learn basic chemistry. Whether you’re studying chemistry in school and you’re looking for a little help making sense of what’s being taught in class, or you’re just into learning new things for their own sake, Chemistry For Dummies gets you rolling with all the basics of matter and energy, atoms and molecules, acids and bases, and much more. In no time you’ll:

    • Understand atomic structure and function
    • Use the Periodic Table of elements
    • Know what happens when matter changes from one state to another
    • Explore ionic and covalent bonding
    • Get a handle on chemical reactions
    • Perform simple chemistry calculations
    • Understand acids, bases, pHs, antacids, and gases
    • Make sense Boyle’s Law, Avrogadro’s Law and other key laws in chemistry

    Packed with examples of chemistry in action in everyday life, Chemistry For Dummies is a fascinating exploration of broad range of topics in chemistry, including:

    • States of matter, from the macroscopic to the microscopic
    • Understanding how the elements are arranged in the Periodic Table
    • Nuclear chemistry, radioactivity and radioactive decay
    • Positive and negative ions and ionic compounds
    • Covalent bonding in covalent compounds
    • Chemical reactions, chemical equilibrium, and electrochemistry
    • The mole and how it’s used to calculate chemical reactions
    • Great serendipitous discoveries in chemistry
    • Environmental chemistry

    Written in plain English and requiring only basic math, Chemistry For Dummies puts you on the fast track to mastering the basics of chemistry.

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    Biography

    John T. Moore Ed.D. has been a teacher for more than thirty years. Numerous grants have permitted him to focus on the professional development of elementary and middle school teachers in science.

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    Chemistry for Dummiesby Anonymous

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    May 02, 2009: One of the better written reference guides I have read in a long time. This is a difficult subject, but the author managed to make it easy to understand and follow, and related the concepts to the real world. I would highly recommend this guide to someone wanting to brush up on chemistry (as I did), or as a secondary source to a elementary chemistry class.

    Written very well and simple.by Anonymous

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    March 31, 2009: This book is for beginners with little knowlege of the subject.

    Yet it is interesting to read and useful in some everyday settings.

    I would recommend this book to anyone who wants a basic knowlege.


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