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

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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.

Details from Seller

• ISBN: 0764554301
• Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
• Pub. Date: December 2002
• Condition:

Comments from the Seller: Paperback. General paperback wear, bends in spine, possible bends from reading on the cover, and may have a bookstore stamp inside cover. Quick response!

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