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Designed to demystify chemistry for the non-chemist, Rapid Review of Chemistry for the Life Sciences and Engineering is a useful reference manual for life scientists and engineers, who may have forgotten a formula, principle, or concept in the college chemistry taken a few years ago. With over 100 solved examples, from balancing chemical reactions, doing stoichiometry, and understanding nomenclature rules in both organic and inorganic chemistry, to calculating half-lives in kinetics or radioactive decay schemes, understanding colligative properties of solutions, and interpreting toxicities of hazardous materials, this book is intended to make reviewing and understanding chemistry much clearer and easier. Relevant diagrams are in color and solved examples are organized by subject/topic and cross-referenced by page and chapter number. It may also serve as a concise go-to sidekick for students, who are not chemistry majors, taking chemistry at the college level and having difficulty understanding the scope, focus, language, or equations in their chemistry textbook. Armed with select, contemporary applications, it is written in the hope to bridge a gap between chemists and non-chemists, so that they may communicate with and understand each other. Chapters 1-10 are designed to contain the standard material in an introductory college chemistry course. Chapters 11-15 present applications of chemistry that should interest and appeal to scientists and engineers engaged in a variety of fields. Additional features More than 100 solved examples clearly illustrated and explained with SI units and conversion to other units using conversion tables included Assists the reader to understand organic and inorganic compounds along with their structures, including isomers, enantiomers, and congeners of organic compounds Provides a quick and easy access to basic chemical concepts and specific examples of solved problems Ideal sidekick for students who are non-chemistry majors taking intro. college chemistry, needing clear, concise explanations This concise, user-friendly review of general and organic chemistry with environmental applications will be of interest to all disciplines and backgrounds.

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"When evaluating a newly published book one of the first questions is ""who is the intended audience?"". This question is clearly articulated: ""this book is intended to serve as a reference manual that demystifies chemistry for the non-chemist who, nevertheless, may be a practitioner of some area of science or engineering requiring chemistry"". I believe that this book will serve that audience exceptionally well. It is not voluminous (about 250 pages) but presents a large range of basic chemistry topics in a language that is compact but clear and readily approachable by the non-chemist. A large amount of information is presented in compact but easily understandable text. I found this to be one of the most important traits in the book. The reader does not have to wade through large amounts of turgid or theoretical text to find the information they need. A wide array of topics is presented in 15 chapters, including the basic properties of matter, reaction properties, chemical equilibrium, thermodynamics and kinetics, a survey of organic chemistry principals, radioactivity, polymers and more. Many of these chapters include useful charts, tables or illustrations in full color. It is the final set of chapters that in my mind set this book apart from most of its competition. These chapters cover topics of importance to the environment, including water quality and pollution, hazardous materials, and basic toxicology. It is unusual to find these topics discussed in a basic chemistry book and very timely, since they are discussed in the daily news reports of extreme weather events, fish kills due to acidification of lakes and streams, release of toxic materials during train derailments and, of course, the constant concern about rising temperatures. These chapters are of great value and should be read by as many professionals in decision making positions as possible. In summary, I would heartily recommend this book to anyone interested in acquiring a more complete chemical background in the most efficient possible way. - Dr. Ivan Gepner, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biology, Monmouth University"

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