(Part 3) Best general chemistry books according to redditors
We found 286 Reddit comments discussing the best general chemistry books. We ranked the 160 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 41-60. You can also go back to the previous section.
All of the books I can see from top to bottom on Amazon:
Books & Speakers | Price (New)
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Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering (4th Edition) | $122.84
Molecular Thermodynamics | $80.17
Physical Chemistry: A Molecular Approach | $89.59
Quantum Physics of Atoms, Molecules, Solids, Nuclei, and Particles | $128.32
Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (The Mcgraw-Hill Chemical Engineering Series) | $226.58
Organic Chemistry 8th Edition | $186.00
Elementary Differential Equations | $217.67
Numerical Methods for Engineers, Sixth Edition | $200.67
Applied Partial Differential Equations | $20.46
Transport Phenomena, 2nd Edition | $85.00
Basic Engineering Data Collection and Analysis | $239.49
Calculus (9th Edition) | $146.36
Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes, 3rd Edition | $206.11
Inorganic Chemistry (4th Edition) | $100.00
Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer | $197.11
Biochemistry: A Short Course, 2nd Edition | $161.45
Separation Process Principles: Chemical and Biochemical Operations | $156.71
University Physics with Modern Physics (13th Edition) | $217.58
Speakers | $50.00
Most you can get is $1476.86 (selling all of the books (used and hard cover) in person), and if you sell it on Amazon, they take around 15% in fees, so you'll still get $1255.33. But wait...if you sell it to your university's book store, best they can do is $.01.
Total cost: $2832.11 (including speakers)
Net loss: -$1355.25 (books only). If sold on Amazon, net loss: -$1576.78 (books only). Speakers look nice; I wouldn't sell them.
Edit: Added the two books and the table. /u/The_King_of_Pants gave the price of speakers. ¡Muchas gracias para el oro! Reminder: Never buy your books at the bookstore.
Edit 2: Here are most of the books on Library Genesis
Thanks to /u/WhereToGoTomorrow
It sounds like your teacher just wants you to have the original copy and he/she to have a duplicated copy of your labs. The book you linked has someone saying the copy is kind of faint.
I personally like this one for chemistry:
http://www.amazon.com/Student-Lab-Notebook-Carbonless-Duplicate/dp/1930882238/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1374158257&sr=1-1&keywords=9781930882232
This is the notebook I use for all my chemistry labs. The paper holds up against spills very well and there's useful information on the front and back covers.
Which test are you talking about?
The ACS is the American Chemical Society. You're probably referring to the ACS General Chemistry test. If so, this is the official study guide that I bought from the chem club at my university: link. It's pretty comprehensive, and covers everything on the test.
I enjoy reading books. They are pretty pricey but they are worth if you are in the field of dermatology or esthetics. I am currently studying to become an esthetician.
My favorite books:
I teach college chemistry, and it's stunning how slowly publishers like Pearson and MacMillan have been to adapt to the current times. Most of their books are in their 10th+ editions and are nearly identical in content to the original. Until recently, I still had my old textbook from the early 90's, and - content-wise - it's practically identical to the new ones.
But the biggest WTF moment for me was when they started venturing into e-territory. This is the book I used to use in my Gen Chem class. It's $184 if you buy the ebook edition, and $111 to rent it.
I have always struggled learning numerical analysis systematically. Could someone recommend books on Numerical Linear Algebra, Numerical Solutions to ODE's/PDE's, Numerical Analysis etc. that have good coding exercises, along with the necessary theory etc. The coding exercises should preferably be in Python, I suppose.
The best book on numerical linear algebra I have found matching this criteria is Watkins' Fundamentals of Matrix Computations, https://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Matrix-Computations-David-Watkins/dp/0470528338, but the exercises in Matlab.
Another book I seem to like is this physics book on Mathematica:
https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Mathematica%C2%AE-Physicists-Graduate-Physics/dp/3319008935/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=physics+mathematica&qid=1557866324&s=books&sr=1-3-spell
In this case, project problems are derived from physical examples, making learning numerical methods worthwhile, I suppose.
So can someone recommend good books on the aforementioned topics that use Python etc. for project problems that have context as,as perhaps, applications.
Here are some (bio)geochemistry graduate-level books I found helpful during my master's:
https://www.amazon.com/Biogeochemistry-Analysis-Global-Change-3rd/dp/0123858747
https://www.amazon.com/Stable-Isotope-Geochemistry-Jochen-Hoefs/dp/3540707034/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1502737632&sr=1-2&keywords=hoefs+isotope+geochemistry
https://smile.amazon.com/Introduction-Organic-Geochemistry-Stephen-Killops/dp/0632065044/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1502737573&sr=1-1&keywords=organic+geochemistry
http://digitalrepository.unm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=unm_oer (This one is completely free!)
It's on Amazon. http://smile.amazon.com/Kratom-Other-Mitragynines-Chemistry-Pharmacology-ebook/dp/B00OKUG3AW/ref=sr_1_7?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1421158897&sr=1-7&keywords=kratom
But it's very expensive--about 120 dollars. Even the kindle version is very expensive. A poster on the Kratom site said a PDF was on LibGen. I tried to look but my computer warned me about the site--said it was dangerous. And those ransomware viruses have made me afraid of doing anything dodgy.
Found a place you can get the PDF. Amazon sells digital books now.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00H7HV8R8/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=&sr=
A good book assessing the pros and cons of evolutionary psychology is: From Mating to Mentality: Evaluating Evolutionary Psychology. In particular, the final chapter: Evolutionary Psychology and the Challenge of Adaptive Explanation.
On the topics of "Cartesian reasoning, separation of organism/environment", you might like these books:
Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience
Beyond the Brain: How Body and Environment Shape Animal and Human Minds
And for "the problems of the "science industry"" you might enjoy this book:
Is Water H2O?: Evidence, Realism and Pluralism
Back when I took their organic chemistry exam there was a study guide available. Looks like this is the equivalent for the general chemistry version.
BASIC CHEMISTRY
https://www.amazon.com/Principles-Modern-Chemistry-David-Oxtoby-ebook/dp/B00UGDPNFI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1474749443&sr=8-1&keywords=9781305465091
ISBN: 9781305465091
I've found the 6th and 7th editions easily, but the 8th edition has been damn near impossible.
Just like everyone else here, I'm not really going to answer your question, but I will add that the first text on a subject is rarely the best and in many cases the terminology is completely different from modern expositions.
I happened upon an entry level college textbook on Mechanics with an 1890 copyright (I don't know exactly when it was printed, but it was old an not in great shape). I have a BS in physics and could barely figure out what it was talking about. Everything was written in terms of quaternions since vectors were pretty new at that point. Most of the examples relied on simple geometric arguments, but most of those arguments were related to topics that aren't covered as often today.
Perhaps a history of math book along with a few choice books might be nice. I have an annotated textbook called Mathematics Emerging that is sort of cool. I would not pay anything near full price for it though.
The "essential" does make it a different book. 5th Edition, 4th Edition, 3rd edition, do I need to go on? The Essential book has 624 pages, while the plain "organic Chemistry" book has 1440 pages, these are not the same book at all, same author, different books.
The other comments here have some great resources from the perspective of part design. From the tool design side, check out "What Is A Mold?" by Len Graham (Amazon). It was the first book I read when I first got into mold design and I found it really helpful. It's relatively short, but gives a good introduction to tool design practices, the molding process, etc. Check a few libraries for it first, as it's a bit hard to find and therefore a bit expensive.
Aside from that, check out the PCS Company webiste. They have a really nice catalog and free CAD downloads of all their components. Many things are very standardized across the industry such as size of plates/bases, sizes & locations of leader pins/bushings, assembly screws/dowels, etc. Their models are really helpful to play around with and get familiar with things.
I already got the homework code. I'm just concerned with whether or not the version of the textbook I found on amazon (https://www.amazon.com/General-Chemistry-Donald-McQuarrie/dp/1891389602/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1502422218&sr=8-1&keywords=general+chemistry+mcquarrie) is significantly different from the cornell custom version on blackboard.
Ok, some google-fu came up with these;
A spanish edition cover of a book by Isaac Asimov
A blog about alchemy, with some good sources for further research. You gotta scroll a bit down to find the image.
It seems like the figure that peaks it's head is a gree lion, an alchemicial term for weed. Best of luck with your search.
http://www.amazon.com/Climate-Change-Reconsidered-Nongovernmental-International/dp/1934791288
http://www.uncommondescent.com/intelligent-design/a-world-famous-chemist-tells-the-truth-theres-no-scientist-alive-today-who-understands-macroevolution/
The questions are from Exam Krackers books. I've looked for question banks of them and I can't find anything. I'll be running each question anyways so I don't mind inputting them while I'm attempting them. The advantage will come when I go through them again later, repeatedly. Efficiency will be greater and I retain knowledge better this way.