Chemistry for dummies
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Chemistry for dummies
LEARNING MADE EASY2nd EditionGrasp basic chemistry principles^£7Make sense of matter and energyDiscover chemical reactions and bondsJohn T. Moore, EdD Chemistry for dummies DChemistrydummiesAWiiey BrandIntroductionYou’ve passed the first hurdle in understanding a little about chemistry: You’ve picked up Chemistry For Dummies, 2nd Edition. 1 imagine that a large number of people looked at the title, saw the word chemistry, and bypassed it like it was covered in germs.1 Chemistry for dummies don’t know how many times I’ve been on vacation, struck up a conversation with someone, and been asked the dreaded question: “What do you do?”“I’m a tChemistry for dummies
eacher,” I reply.“Really? And what do you teach?”I steel myself, grit my teeth, and say in my most pleasant voice, “Chemistry.”I see The Expression, fLEARNING MADE EASY2nd EditionGrasp basic chemistry principles^£7Make sense of matter and energyDiscover chemical reactions and bondsJohn T. Moore, EdD Chemistry for dummies e, “Hi, I teach chemistry" would not be a good pick-up line!I think a lot of people feel this way because they think that chemistry is too abstract, too mathematical, too removed from their real lives. But in one way or another, all of us do chemistry.Remember making that baking soda and vinegar vol Chemistry for dummies cano as a child? That’s chemistry. Do you cook or clean or use fingernail polish remover? All that is chemistry. 1 never had a chemistry set as a chilChemistry for dummies
d, but I always loved science. My high school chemistry teacher was a great biology teacher but really didn’t know much chemistry. But when I took my LEARNING MADE EASY2nd EditionGrasp basic chemistry principles^£7Make sense of matter and energyDiscover chemical reactions and bondsJohn T. Moore, EdD Chemistry for dummies new compounds. The idea of making something nobody else had ever made before fascinated me. I wanted to work for a chemical company, doing research, but then I discovered my second love: teaching.Chemistry is sometimes called the central science (mostly by chemists), because in order to have a good Chemistry for dummies understanding of biology or geology or even physics, you must have a good understanding of chemistry. Ours is a chemical world, and 1 hope that you enChemistry for dummies
joy discovering the chemical nature ol it — and that afterward, you won’t f ind the word chemistry so frightening.About This BookMy goal with this booLEARNING MADE EASY2nd EditionGrasp basic chemistry principles^£7Make sense of matter and energyDiscover chemical reactions and bondsJohn T. Moore, EdD Chemistry for dummies school or college introductory chemistry courses. If you’re taking a course, use this book as a reference in conjunction with your notes and textbook.Simply watching people play tennis, no matter how intently you watch them, will not make you a tennis star. You need to practice. And the same is true Chemistry for dummies with chemistry. It’s not a spectator sport. If you’re taking a chemistry course, then you need to practice and work on problems. I show you how to woChemistry for dummies
rk certain types of problems — gas laws, for example — but use your textbook for practice problems. It’s work, yes, but it really can be fun.As 1 updaLEARNING MADE EASY2nd EditionGrasp basic chemistry principles^£7Make sense of matter and energyDiscover chemical reactions and bondsJohn T. Moore, EdD Chemistry for dummies uestions about the first edition or thanking me. However, looking at the overall feedback. 1 felt that 1 hadn’t included quite enough about calculations and some other topics that students taking a college or high school-level class really needed. So in this second edition 1 beefed up the calculatio Chemistry for dummies ns and included some extra topics normally found in the first year of high school chemistry or the first semester of general chemistry in college. OveChemistry for dummies
rall, this edition will be more useful to those of you taking the chemistry course. For those of you who want some help with second-semester topics, hLEARNING MADE EASY2nd EditionGrasp basic chemistry principles^£7Make sense of matter and energyDiscover chemical reactions and bondsJohn T. Moore, EdD Chemistry for dummies ught this book (or will buy it — in fact, if you’re still in the bookstore and haven't bought it yet. buy two and give one as a gift), but I assume that you’re taking (or retaking) a chemistry course or preparing to take a chemistry course. I also assume that you feel relatively comfortable with ari Chemistry for dummies thmetic and know enough algebra to solve for a single unknown in an equation. And I assume that you have a scientific calculator capable of doing expoChemistry for dummies
nents and logarithms.And if you’re buying this book just for the thrill of finding out about something different — with no plan of ever taking a chemiLEARNING MADE EASY2nd EditionGrasp basic chemistry principles^£7Make sense of matter and energyDiscover chemical reactions and bondsJohn T. Moore, EdD Chemistry for dummies be no tests, only the thrill of increasing your knowledge about something new.What Not to ReadI know you’re a busy person and want to get just what you need from this book. Although I want you to read every single word I’ve written, I understand you may be on a time crunch. I keep the material to th Chemistry for dummies e bare bones, but I include a few sidebars. They’re interesting reading (again, at least to me) but not really necessary for understanding the topic aChemistry for dummies
t hand, so feel free to skip them. This is your book; use it any way you want.1 mark some paragraphs with Technical Stuff icons. What I tell you in thLEARNING MADE EASY2nd EditionGrasp basic chemistry principles^£7Make sense of matter and energyDiscover chemical reactions and bondsJohn T. Moore, EdD Chemistry for dummies t just the facts, you can skip these paragraphs.How This Book Is OrganizedI present this book’s content in a logical progression of topics. But this doesn’t mean you have to start at the beginning and read to the end of the book. Each chapter is self-contained, so feel free to skip around. Sometimes Chemistry for dummies , though, you’ll get a better understanding if you do a quick scan of a background section as you’re reading. To help you find appropriate backgroundChemistry for dummies
sections, I've placed “see Chapter X for more information” cross-references here and there throughout the book.LEARNING MADE EASY2nd EditionGrasp basic chemistry principles^£7Make sense of matter and energyDiscover chemical reactions and bondsJohn T. Moore, EdDLEARNING MADE EASY2nd EditionGrasp basic chemistry principles^£7Make sense of matter and energyDiscover chemical reactions and bondsJohn T. Moore, EdDGọi ngay
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