From the Book - Regular Print - Second edition.
Part 1: The basic concepts of chemistry
Part 2: A cornucopia of chemical concepts
Part 3: Blessed be the bonds that tie
Part 4: Environmental chemistry: benefits and problems
Part 5: The part of tens.
From the Book - Regular Print
Part I. Basic concepts of chemistry. Chap. 1. What is chemistry, and why do I need to know some?
Chap. 2. Matter and energy
Chap. 3. Something smaller than an atom? Atomic structure
Chap. 4. The periodic table (but no chairs)
Chap. 5.Nuclear chemistry : it'll blow your mind
Part II. Blessed be the bonds that tie. Chap. 6. Opposites do attract : ionic bonds
Chap. 7. Covalent bonds : let's share nicely
Chap. 8. Chemical cooking : chemical reactions
Chap. 9. Electrochemistry : batteries to teapots
Part III. The mole : the chemist's best friend. Chap. 10. The mole : can you dig it?
Chap. 11. Mixing matter up : solutions
Chap. 12. Sour and bitter : acids and bases
Chap. 13. Balloons, tires, and scuba tanks : the wonderful world of gases
Part IV. Chemistry in everyday life : benefits and problems. Chap. 14. The chemistry of carbon : organic chemistry
Chap. 15. Petroleum : chemicals for burning or building
Chap. 16. Polymers : making big ones from little ones
Chap. 17. Chemistry in the home
Chap. 18. Cough! cough! hack! hack! air pollution
Chap. 19. Brown, chunky water? water pollution
Part V. The part of tens. Chap. 20. Ten serendipitous discoveries in chemistry
Chap. 21. Ten great chemistry nerds
Chap. 22. Ten useful chemistry web sites
Appendix A. Scientific units : the metric system
Appendix B. How to handle really big or really small numbers
Appendix C. Unit conversion method
Appendix D. Significant figures and rounding off
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