Chemistry

Reviewed by Roger Bontems, Professor, Vermilion Community College on 5/21/18

Comprehensiveness rating: 5

The text covers the standard topic for 1 year (2 semester) college chemistry.

Content Accuracy rating: 5

Content is presented in historically accurate/accepted view of chemistry.

Relevance/Longevity rating: 5

Chapters flow in a natural progression for learning. Beginning with the scientific method and continuing on with traditional basic chemistry topics, stoichiometry, energy, structure, kinetics equilibrium and acid base. Examples can be easily changed to fit modern norms.

Clarity rating: 5

Chapters are divided into sections with each section having introduction, theory, examples and problems to worked out by the student.

Consistency rating: 5

The same methodology including terminology/symbols are used throughout the book.

Modularity rating: 5

Traditional college chemistry with subject matter divided into rational chapters and sections. Extensive review, including summary and glossary, at the end of each chapter should prove to enhance learning.

Organization/Structure/Flow rating: 5

Chapters and sections flow in a logical fashion. Each chapter contains problems of varying difficulty , starting with simple and progressing to difficult.

Interface rating: 5

Illustrations and explanations are clear and movement from page to page is easy.

Grammatical Errors rating: 5

I did not note grammatical errors and found the writing easy to follow and understand.

Cultural Relevance rating: 5

The text contains examples of contributions to chemistry from young and old, male and female, historical and modern. There are abundant examples of chemistry how it applies to modern popular and classical cultures.

The text to should provide for an excellent chemistry course for outdoor and environmental programs at VCC . The text is comprehensive with sufficient rigor to be sufficient as a stand alone for any college chemistry course.