Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter and Change 6th Edition, the Silberberg brand has been recognized in the general chemistry market as an unparalleled classic. The sixth edition has been changed in many ways to keep pace with the evolution of student learning. The text still contains unprecedented macroscopic-to-microscopic molecular illustrations, consistent step-by-step worked exercises in every chapter, and an extensive range of end-of-chapter problems, which provide engaging applications covering a wide variety of interests, including engineering, medicine, materials, and environmental studies. Changes have been made to the text and applications throughout to make them more succinct, to the artwork to make it more teachable and modern, and to the design to make it more simplistic and open.
Many General Chemistry textbooks try to cover a topic in sections, spreading it across chapters. That is fine, if you are covering all those sections in your course. In contrast, Silberberg explains the basic fundamentals of relevant topics in each individual chapter- focussing on developing foundational and practical knowledge of the subject in the student's mind. I would strongly recommend this to any student who does not have a strong background in sciences and isnt particularly confident in chemistry. It explains concepts very clearly.
I think important chapters in this book revolve around Thermochemistry, Kinetics and Equilibrium as well as Entropy and Gibbs Free Energy. These concepts often are very unclear in General Chemistry texts, either too simplified or too mechanistic and physics oriented. It is in these sections that Silberberg really does a marvellous job. I've had kids who had failed General chemistry come to me for tuition and I merely recommended this book for self study- their confidence and comprehension of the physical aspects were better strengthened through this book than whatever else they were using at college.
If you cannot read detailed explanations about theory and problem solving then this book is not for you. If you clearly are a person who benefits from a lot of examples and step-by-step explanation of phenomena then I would say to see this text. There must be an older version of this book in most college libraries, it would be worthwhile just reading the thermodynamics chapter of this and comparing it with your recommended textbook- that is often one of the hardest topics in General chemistry and if you can understand it this then great.
Product Details :
Hardcover: 1248 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math; 6 edition (January 20, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0073402656
ISBN-13: 978-0073402659
Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 1.7 x 11.3 inches
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