Chemistry: The Central Science

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Summary: Errors are bad and this book is full of them...
Review: As an AP level high school student, my class is using this book to prepare for our AP exam. As we go through the book it has its pros and cons, with most of the cons being the errors in the text!! Our class has a mixture of editions, some "printed with corrections" others not, and we find errors even in the editions that are supposedly corrected, many of them ones that my classmates and I notice even before we have gone through the chapter with our teacher. While it does cover the necessary topics for success in chemistry, the errors within the text are a major discredit to the rest of the information. The public doesn't listen to politicians who are wrong, why should textbooks be treated diffrently?

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Summary: Warning
Review: Beware! This edition of the book does NOT come packaged with the CD-ROM. I don't know why Amazon doesn't specify this (somebody else's problem, no doubt). It's a great book. Just know what you're getting for the money.

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Summary: very comprehensive
Review: I checked several chemestry text books at university and found this one to be the most thorough and clear of all.

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Summary: Fantastic!
Review: I'm in my second semester of Chemistry and have used this book for both. I feel like this is a fantastic tool for learning a difficult subject. It is very clearly written for those of us who don't already have a chemistry background. While I haven't read other chemistry texts on this level, I feel that this one has done an excellent job of giving me a solid foundation with which to go on into more advanced chemistry courses. I will definitely keep this book to use as a reference.

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Summary: An excellent, straightforward approach to chemistry
Review: Ignore the 2 star review above. The book is perfect for anyone preparing for the AP chemistry exam, and even for those who just want an in depth understanding of it. As far as there being a "corrected version of the book": LMAO. Give me a break, books are updated but rarely corrected. They are put together by reliable scholars who major in the field, I don't see any errors in the book. A student trying to compete with several scientists is just dumb, they obviously don't have the common intellect to understand the book. I'm sorry, but that review just shocked me because of it's inaccuracy. The book is wonderful and I reccommend it to all. :)

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Summary: An excellent, straightforward approach to chemistry
Review: Ignore the 2 star review above. The book is perfect for anyone preparing for the AP chemistry exam, and even for those who just want an in depth understanding of it. As far as there being a "corrected version of the book": LMAO. Give me a break, books are updated but rarely corrected. They are put together by reliable scholars who major in the field, I don't see any errors in the book. A student trying to compete with several scientists is just dumb, they obviously don't have the common intellect to understand the book. I'm sorry, but that review just shocked me because of it's inaccuracy. The book is wonderful and I reccommend it to all. :)

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Summary: a student
Review: the best introductory chem book out there. i used it for my ap chem test, and the book was so easy to understand. i didn't pay attention in class and was able to get a 98 average, although the class average was much lower (80s).

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Summary: An Excellent Basic Chemistry Text
Review: They was totally unconnected to this book so I decided to give it 5 stars to reduce their effect.

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Summary: First 3 reviews were unfair!
Review: They was totally unconnected to this book so I decided to give it 5 stars to reduce their effect.

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Summary: An Excellent Basic Chemistry Text
Review: We used this book for my college General Chemistry class. It is an excellent text, lots of detailed examples, that make chemistry easy to understand! I highly recommend it!