Description Silberberg's Principles of General Chemistry offers students the same authoritative topic coverage as its parent text, Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter and Change. ThePrinciples text allows for succinct coverage of content with minimal emphasis on pedagogic learning aids. This more streamlined approach to learning appeals to today's efficiency-minded, value-conscious instructors and students without sacrificing depth, clarity, or rigor.
Features
Molecular end-of-chapter problems, including molecular art.
Thinking Logically to Solve Problems. A four-step problem-solving approach is used to facilitate student reasoning, not memorizing, toward a solution. Plan - After a problem is stated, the steps are verbally planned to show how to move from what is known to what is unknown. Solution - Next, the plan is executed by naming each calculation step and then carrying out the math. Check- The next step is to check that the answer makes sense both chemically and mathematically. Sometimes a Comment appears about common pitfalls and alternative approaches. Practice - A Follow-up Problem that requires the same concept to solve it appears immediately after the Sample Problem, and a brief, worked-out solution is provided at the end of the chapter.
The first several chapters of the third edition help teach students how to lay out a plan to solve a problem using the Silberberg 'Road Map' model. Students will learn how to think through a problem using a stepped-out road map and can easily check their work in the end-of-chapter 'Brief Solutions to Follow-up Problems'.
Three-Level Depictions of Chemical Scenes. Silberberg's ground-breaking art program consistently combines photographs of chemical scenes with an illustrated molecular view, and with the equation that symbolically and quantitatively describes that scenario.
New Design! The 3rd edition's design utilizes a simpler color palette and revisits the basics: additional white space on the page, more open margins, shortened figure legends, and a more modern appeal.
Think of It This Way' uses small snippets of text, to few sentences, that provide an analogy for a term they need to know. Some of these contain a small illustration to support the text.
Less expensive than most textbooks. This textbook will be approximately less expensive than most books on the market.
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Table of Contents Chapter 01: Keys to the Study of Chemistry Chapter 02: The Components of Matter Chapter 03: Stoichiometry of Formulas and Equations Chapter 04: Three Major Classes of Chemical Reactions Chapter 05: Gases and the Kinetic-Molecular Theory Chapter 06: Thermochemistry: Energy Flow and Chemical Change Chapter 07: Quantum Theory and Atomic Structure Chapter 08: Electron Configuration and Chemical Periodicity Chapter 09: Models of Chemical Bonding Chapter 10: The Shapes of Molecules Chapter 11: Theories of Covalent Bonding Chapter 12: Intermolecular Forces: Liquids, Solids, and Phase Changes Chapter 13: The Properties of Solutions Chapter 14: Periodic Patterns in the Main-Group Elements Chapter 15: Organic Compounds and the Atomic Properties of Carbon Chapter 16: Kinetics: Rates and Mechanisms of Chemical Reactions Chapter 17: Equilibrium: The Extent of Chemical Reactions Chapter 18: Acid-Base Equilibria Chapter 19: Ionic Equilibria in Aqueous Systems Chapter 20: Thermodynamics: Entropy, Free Energy, and the Direction of Chemical Reactions Chapter 21: Electrochemistry: Chemical Change and Electrical Work Chapter 22: Transition Elements and Their Coordination Compounds Chapter 23: Nuclear Reactions and Their Applications
Martin S. Silberberg received a B.S. in Chemistry from the City University of New York and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Oklahoma. He then accepted a research position in analytical biochemistry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, where he developed advanced methods to study fundamental brain mechanisms as well as neurotransmitter metabolism in Parkinson’s disease. Following his years in research, Dr. Silberberg joined the faculty of Bard College at Simon’s Rock, a liberal arts college known for its excellence in teaching small classes of highly motivated students. As Head of the Natural Sciences Major and Director of Premedical Studies, he taught courses in general chemistry, organic chemistry, biochemistry, and liberal arts chemistry. The close student contact afforded him insights into how students learn chemistry, where they have difficulties, and what strategies can help them succeed. Prof. Silberberg applied these insights in a broader context by establishing a text writing, editing, and consulting company. Before writing his own text, he worked as a consulting and developmental editor on chemistry, biochemistry, and physics texts for several major college publishers. He resides with his wife and son in the Pioneer Valley near Amherst, Massachusetts, where he enjoys the rich cultural and academic life of the area and relaxes by cooking, singing, and hiking.