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Summary: Why don't they use books by Wiley in high schools?
Review: That is the gold question because Wiley Publishers put out some amazing books. A highly organized index, comprehensive tables for electron affinity, ionization energies, thermodynamic functions, equilibrium constants and standard redox potentions are all here for the intermediate/advanced reader while all the fundamentals from bonding to composition are here. The book focuses heavily on electron relationsips in bonding and the effects of intermolecular forces. Large colorful charts and diagrams are shown on every page. There are multiple examples throughout every chapter with an adbundance of questions at the end. The only complaint is an incomplete periodic table as it only shows molar mass, valence configuration, the atomic number, and the elemental symbol. Great book with good organization. 5 Stars.
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Summary: It may help to use additional resources with the book
Review: The pros about this book:
1. I really enjoyed the sample problems in the book. It helped prepare me for the additional problems in the book.2. For the most part, I understood everything. Reading it was not too difficult. The cons about this book:
1. Some answers were incorrect. I had to speak with the instructor to get a couple of problems cleared. 2. The worst is that there is a solution manual available for only the Odd problems. I'd prefer a solution manual with both even and odd problems so that I can compare my work with and not hassle the professor's as much as i do to make sure i'm understanding the material.
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