The Complete Idiot's Guide to Chemistry

Guch, who has taught chemistry at the secondary and postsecondary levels, provides high school and college students with an explanation of chemistry that begins with basic concepts, such as the atom, data collection, and unit conversions, then moves on to topics like the periodic table, chemical compounds, and the mole; solids, liquids, and gases; chemical reactions, including stoichiometry, chemical equilibria, kinetics, and balancing equations; practical chemistry, including uses in nuclear weapons, buffers, and chelation therapy; and thermodynamics, with discussion of entropy, enthalpy, and free energy. This edition is a rewrite of earlier editions, adds two chapters on topics in AP and college chemistry courses, and adds more practice problems. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)