General Organic and Biochemistry: Connecting Chemistry to Your Life

Fantastic text book, recommended by one of my tutors.However it has been the source of many nights of crying. Better than any insomnia medication you could ever wish to consume.Good sturdy, hardback book information is relevant even today, the issue revisions have really been fairly negligible at time of writing this.

The book that I have received was in good conditions.

arrived promptly with no issues

This textbook consistently buries important information in very wordy text. If you've taken an introductory chemistry course before and were hoping to scan the chapters to refresh your memory while doing homework or studying -- this is NOT the book for you.Homework questions are at the end of each chapter, and frequently are more conceptual than stoichiometry type questions. Although I am not a fan of math, the stoichiometry questions are crucial to master now if you will be taking any pharmacology courses in the future (think R.N. programs).If you have the option, buy Karen Timberlake's General, Organic and Biological Chemistry textbook instead. Apparently, that is what my school's chemistry department will be switching to next year; I recently purchased it and I wish I had bought it much sooner.

Chemistry is NOT my favorite subject but this textbook made it easier to understand. My only complaint is that the answers in the back of the book were not always consistent with the answers that my instructor wanted ie..the # of sig figs or the use of the same conversion factors. Most of these concerns were alleviated with the solutions manual because at least then I could see how the answer was gotten as opposed to just having the answer.