Chemistry

by Paul Flowers

Chemistry 2e is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the two-semester general chemistry course. The textbook provides an important opportunity for students to learn the core concepts of chemistry and understand how those concepts apply to their lives and the world around them. The book also includes a number of innovative features, including interactive exercises and real-world applications, designed to enhance student learning. The second edition has been revised to incorporate clearer, more current, and more dynamic explanations, while maintaining the same organization as the first edition. Substantial improvements have been made in the figures, illustrations, and example exercises that support the text narrative.

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction, Chemistry, Textbooks, Education, Science

1331 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 14, 2019

Reviews

[Emily Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Finally bleeping done with this bleeping book. God bleep it, yes!

[Caleb Gross · Rating 2 out of 5]

For chem 201

[DevReads · Rating 2 out of 5]

This textbook is free, and when it comes to quality, you get what you pay for. I could hardly use this textbook to study general chemistry because it was so boring. I generally do not think chemistry is boring. I am a chem major. However, this book didn't really add anything to my gen chem 1 and gen chem 2 classes.
The review questions at the end of each chapter were fairly helpful when studying for exams.

[Sirish · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a fantastic theme for a book. I knew I would have to read this as soon as I heard about it. It took many years before I finally got around to this topic, and this was the book that I used.

The chapters I loved most were those that took a subtle approach to the theme and/or described their imaginary contents vividly. Bohr's model? Double and triple bonding? Stoichiometry? Yes. These idea are fascinating; I completely understood Flower's obsession and loved following his puzzled investigation.

A few of the chapters, while enjoyable, have perhaps a little too much going on. Chapter 16, Thermodynamics is about spontaneity, entropy, the second and third laws of thermodynamics, and free energy. While I think we can all understand what the difference between a spontaneous and a nonspontaneous process is, things get confusing when looking at the increases in entropy during a phase change when compared to changes in enthalpy from Thermochemistry in Chapter 5. I enjoyed it, but I think it's a little too fragmented and chaotic for its own good.

There were only two chapters I actually didn't like: Transition Metals and Coordination Chemistry and Nuclear Chemistry. Neither of them are actually bad, though, just not for me - ligands fall into the Lewis base donors category and nuclears can be a bit depleted, and that's never been to my taste.

I received a free copy of Chemistry 2e from the publisher, OpenStax

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

Free! Very useful for my Chem 103/105 class at Keyano college.