Chemistry: An Atoms-Focused Approach

by Thomas R. Gilbert

Not just Atoms-First, Atoms-Focused. An atoms-first text that goes beyond a reorganization of topics, emphasizes the particulate nature of matter throughout the book, art, and problems, and helps students develop their molecular visualization skills as they learn to become expert problem-solvers.

The Second Edition's new co-author, Stacey Lowery Bretz, uses visualization tools—based on Chemistry Education Research, and focused on the particulate nature of matter—to help students self-assess what they know before, during, and after each chapter. This purchase offers access to the digital ebook only.

Genres: Textbooks, Science, Nonfiction

1256 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 1, 2013

Reviews

[melina · Rating 2 out of 5]

i spent so many hours and so many tears on this book so it gets to go on my goodreads. written awfully. the writers are good at nothing other than being snarky from time to time. two stars bcus some of the images are nice and i ❤️ chemistry.

[Catherine Mohs · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent college Chemistry textbook! The examples are great and there are many practice problems for each chapter. And if you get the software too, there are tutorials and animations which are very helpful.

[Olivia Damiano · Rating 4 out of 5]

I actually read this whole textbook. Got me through chem 105 and 106. According to my ebook I spent 5180 minutes reading it which is like 86 hours 😭😭

[Remus Rimbu · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really good textbook introducing chemistry as a science from the reductionist perspective of atoms.