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Known for helping students develop the qualitative, conceptual foundation that gets them thinking like chemists, this market-leading text is designed for students with solid mathematical preparation and prior exposure to chemistry. The unique organization of the text supports this qualitative-to-quantitative approach. A strong emphasis on models and everyday applications of chemistry combines with a thoughtful, step-by-step problem solving approach to build conceptual understanding.
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    061894690X
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0618946907
  3. Edition
    6th
  4. Publisher
    Houghton Mifflin
  5. Publication date
    December 3, 2007
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    8 x 1.75 x 10 inches
  8. Print length
    1073 pages
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The writing style is lucid, direct, precise, and non-verbose. Some other introductory chemistry texts adopt a verbose presentation with the attendant loss of clarity.

The writing style is crisp and to the point whereas the art, tables, and end of chapter problems nicely support the written text.

My sense is that the topics are pitched at an appropriate level.

The students who are floundering and to whom I have recommended Zumdahl invariably come away with an enhanced understanding of the relevant chemical concepts after a thorough encounter with this text.

This is the singular text that does not compromise discipline of mind and contains flashes of insight and brilliance reminiscent of the Linus Pauling series of introductory texts, and yet is conceptually and algebraically accessible to most students with a good background in high school chemistry.

About the Author

Steve Zumdahl is the author of market-leading textbooks in introductory chemistry, general chemistry, honors-level chemistry, and high school chemistry. Recently retired from his long-time position as Director of Undergraduate Programs at the University of Illinois, he has received numerous awards for his contributions to chemical education. These include the National Catalyst Award in recognition of his contribution to chemical education, the University of Illinois Teaching Award, the UIUC Liberal Arts and Sciences Advising Award, and the School of Chemical Sciences Teaching Award (five times). He earned his B.S. in Chemistry from Wheaton College (IL), and his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Houghton Mifflin; 6th edition (December 3, 2007)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 1073 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 061894690X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0618946907
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.06 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 1.75 x 10 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Steven S. Zumdahl earned a B.S. in Chemistry from Wheaton College (IL) and a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He has been a faculty member at the University of Colorado-Boulder, Parkland College (IL), and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) where he is Professor Emeritus. He has received numerous awards including the National Catalyst Award for Excellence in Chemical Education, the University of Illinois Teaching Award, the UIUC Liberal Arts and Sciences Award for Excellence in Teaching, UIUC Liberal Arts and Sciences Advising Award, and the School of Chemical Sciences Teaching award (five times). He is the author of several chemistry textbooks. In his leisure time he enjoys traveling and collecting classic cars.

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Christopher P. Olsen
5.0 out of 5 stars Phenomenal (For a STRONG chemistry student)
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2009
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First of all i want to say that Zumdahl is fantastic. I love his work and his textbooks.

Chemical principles is a rigorous and through college entry level chemistry textbook. It assumes a slight amount of previous knowledge of the material, but even without it, a mind designed for chemistry would have no problem learning from this textbook.

I find that many people are complaining about its difficulty because of the subject matter, not the book itself. This is not Zumdahl's chemistry, it is Chemical Principles, an honors level textbook. It is much more quantitative and shows many more derivations than his other textbooks, which for someone like me (a physics major) is absolutely what I look for in a textbook.

Bravo Zumdahl.
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sugam
4.0 out of 5 stars Decent!!
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2013
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It is worth the money. However, it does not provide solutions to all the problems. But it came handy to me because the solutions are explained in detail.
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Ryan
5.0 out of 5 stars Just What I needed
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2011
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I won't lie, I've been bumbling my way through chemistry for a semester and a half. I'm pretty sure I've been nailing the concepts of what's happening, but the practical approaches and problem solving techniques have been getting me in trouble (my exam scores will testify to this assessment). The answers provided in this solutions manual have really helped me understand where my number crunching has come off the rails.

This has solutions to pretty much all of the odd-numbered problems. The explanations are concise but still provide enough detail for me to backtrack when I've made a mistake.

I just wish I'd picked this up earlier...
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Lyee
5.0 out of 5 stars A good overall chemistry textbook
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2012
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A good clear introductory chemistry textbook. Clear examples and color pictures and diagrams, the text is easy to read and the concepts are well explained and the author has a good style of building on one topic from another instead of it feeling like everything was written as a stand-alone section to the textbook. Answers to roughly half the practice questions at the end of each chapter are given (only the answers though, no explanations!).
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A. Petruchenya
2.0 out of 5 stars Badly worded, poorly phrased.
Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2012
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This book was used for my honors chemistry course at my university. For what reason, I don't know.

Let me just start of with the positives, although there's not that many. . .

PROS
- The end-of-chapter problems are challenging. If you're the type that likes to master a topic, these problems are perfect for you.
- Zumdahl highlights the most important equations for you. This will save you unnecessary hand action.

Yup, that's it.

CONS
- BADLY WRITTEN. Almost every sentence is wordy; this detracts from the subject matter.
- It takes Zumdahl forever to get to the point; in fact, sometimes he never even gets there, any way. He'll start with some unneeded drawn-out example, and he'll just continue talking about it without stating a fact explicitly. For example: Freezing point depression and boiling point elevation are colligative properties. That is, they depend on the quantity, not identity, of the solute particles in solution. Yeah, well, Zumdahl will never flat-out say something like that. He'll give you 3-paragraph-long examples about it, without finishing up with a nice sentence to conclude the damn thing. I don't know about you, but I like to have examples AND proper explanations in my textbooks.
- The sample problems in the chapters aren't adept at explaining how they got the answer. They're just filled with some equations, some random numbers, then BAM he skips, like, 3 steps, and ends up with a final answer. Difficult to follow!
- Too many derivations. They're just annoying. I haven't heard of any introductory chemistry course that tests its students in HOW they found the gas laws, etc. There's probably a total of 30 pages worth of derivations that I always skip over. Waste of space. Now maybe you're an overachiever and actually like to read these, but you'll still find yourself lost. Again, this book is unclear.
- If you're into self-learning because you can never get your highney to morning lecture like I do, don't buy this book. I LOVE to self-learn, and I learn a lot from what I read/write, and this book hasn't taught me anything at all.

Now, if you're looking for a really engaging, well-written general chemistry textbook, I recommend the following:  Chemistry: The Central Science with MasteringChemistry® (12th Edition) . This textbook literally has taught me 70% of what I know about chemistry. Although its end-of-chapter problems are not as challenging, the chapter readings AND sample problems are awesome! I still read this book to catch up on topics I'm having trouble with.

Going back to Chemical Principles: just don't buy it. Even if your course requires it, DON'T BUY IT! The kickass problems just aren't worth it, and neither are the hours you'll spend sifting for true meaning amidst piles of words.
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Dan P
3.0 out of 5 stars B&W. No color illustrations.
Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2015
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The copy / print out is black-and-white. I was expecting an unbound color copy of the book. There are many places in the text where color is important, and I'm obliged to guess. I might well have purchased it anyway, given the convenience of the loose-leaf format and the commendable price....
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CNJ83
5.0 out of 5 stars Good service-feeling sorry for whoever has to use this book
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2010
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This product was just as described by the seller. Perfect condition, no writing, water marks, or tears. The actual book though, I feel sorry for anyone who's professor is using this book. Other Chemistry books break down the information so it isn't an overload. This book crams three and four topics in one chapter which makes it really hard to absorb all the necessary info.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for basics of chemistry
Reviewed in India on July 25, 2019
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Those who want to become master in chemistry fundamentals, they can buy it without any ambiguity. Its a perfect book for general chemistry fundamentals.
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