Organic chemistry has a long-standing reputation as a difficult course. 'Organic Chemistry I For Dummies' takes a simple approach to the topic, allowing you to grasp concepts at your own pace. This fun, easy-to-understand guide explains the basic principles of organic chemistry in simple terms, providing insight into the language of organic chemists, the major classes of compounds, and top trouble spots. You'll also get the nuts and bolts of tackling...

Le Couteur and Burreson offer a novel way to understand the shaping of civilization and the workings of the contemporary world.

From bonds and reactions to acids, bases, and the mole, this book focuses on the essential information and concepts students encounter in a first semester college or high school chemistry class.

"This book will combine photographs with evocative text to show how chemistry underpins the formation of snowflakes, the patterns of animal markings, and much more"-- Provided by publisher.

As the authors show, the writings of medieval alchemists may seem like the ravings of brain-addled fools, but there is more to the story than that. Recent scholarship has shown that some seemingly nonsensical mysticism is, in fact, decipherable code, and Western European alchemists functioned from a firmer theoretical foundation than previously thought. They had a guiding principle, based on experience: separate and purify materials by fire and reconstitute...

"Science is all around us in our daily lives. Specifically, chemistry! When your bread toasts, when your shampoo foams, when the playground slide rusts--those are all chemical reactions. In this book, a mother and daughter experience all these things and more as they go about their day, from when they wake up, to when they go to bed."--Dust jacket.

"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce early readers to the work chemists do and the preparation necessary for a chemistry career. Includes infographics, an activity, glossary, and index."-- Provided by publisher.

Have you ever wanted to perform your own experiments? You could buy a chemistry kit or you could also use your kitchen as your very own chemistry lab.