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The acknowledged leader and standard in general chemistry, this text maintains its effective and proven features—clarity of writing, scientific integrity, currency, strong exercises, visual emphasis and consistency in presentation. It offers readers and integrated educational solution to the challenges of the course with an expanded media program that works in concert with the text, helping them to approach problem solving, visualization and applications with greater success. Matter and Measurement. Atoms, Molecules, and Ions. Chemical formulas and equations. Thermochemistry. Properties of elements. Chemical bonding. Gases. Intermolecular forces, liquids, and solids. Properties of solutions. Chemical kinetics. Chemical equilibrium. Electrochemistry. Nuclear chemistry. Metals and metallurgy. Appropriate for anyone with an interest in general chemistry.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2211646 in Books
• Published on: 1999-08-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 1086 pages

From the Back Cover
The acknowledged leader and standard in general chemistry, this text maintains its effective and proven features—clarity of writing, scientific integrity, currency, strong exercises, visual emphasis and consistency in presentation. It offers readers and integrated educational solution to the challenges of the course with an expanded media program that works in concert with the text, helping them to approach problem solving, visualization and applications with greater success. Matter and Measurement. Atoms, Molecules, and Ions. Chemical formulas and equations. Thermochemistry. Properties of elements. Chemical bonding. Gases. Intermolecular forces, liquids, and solids. Properties of solutions. Chemical kinetics. Chemical equilibrium. Electrochemistry. Nuclear chemistry. Metals and metallurgy. Appropriate for anyone with an interest in general chemistry.

About the Author

JOHN MCMURRY, educated at Harvard and Columbia, has taught approximately 17,000 students in general and organic chemistry over a 30-year period. A Professor of Chemistry at Cornell University since 1980, Dr. McMurry previously spent 13 years on the faculty at the University of California at Santa Cruz. He as received numerous awards, including the Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship (1969-71), the National Institute of Health Career Development Award (1975-80), the Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Award (1986-87), and the Max Planck Research Award (1991).

ROBERT C. FAY, Professor of Chemistry at Cornell University, has been teaching general and inorganic chemistry at Cornell since 1962. Known for his clear, well-organized lectures, Dr. Fay was the 1980 recipient of the Clark Distinguished Teaching Award. He has also taught as a visiting professor at Harvard University and at the University of Bologna (Italy). A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Oberlin College, Fay received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. He has been an NSF Science Faculty Fellow at the University of East Anglia and the University of Sussex (England) and a NATO/Heineman Senior Fellow at Oxford University.