General Chemistry: Media Enhanced Edition, 8th Edition by Ebbing and Gammon

General Chemistry: Media Enhanced Edition, 8th Edition

Features

Cover Type: Hard Cover with 1062 pages

Published by: Houghton Mifflin; Eighth Media Enhanced edition January 12, 2007

Written in: English

ISBN 10 Number: 0618738797

ISBN 13 Number: 978-0618738793

Book Dimensions: 9.9 x 8.1 x 1.6 inches

Weighs: 4.8 pounds

Product Description

General Chemistry, 8/e, Media Enhanced Edition provides instructors the latest technology for their courses. Created to meet the rapidly changing instructional requirements of General Chemistry professors, this edition includes an enhanced technology program that reinforces the approach of the text and updated information within the text to help students and instructors use these resources effectively. The Media Enhanced Edition provides access to assessment, tutoring, and presentation materials-including online homework, video lessons from Thinkwell, and a multimedia eBook-through Eduspace, Houghton Mifflin's Online Learning Tool. These resources make learning more dynamic and course planning, presentation, and management more intuitive.

Known for its carefully developed, thoroughly integrated approach to problem solving, this market-leading text emphasizes the conceptual understanding and visualization skills essential for first-year chemistry and science majors. General Chemistry, 8/e, Media Enhanced Edition retains the hallmark pedagogical features of General Chemistry, 8/e, and expands upon the conceptual focus and art program through new interactive tutorials and animations.

New! The updated Eduspace course offers 300 additional end-of-chapter problems; enhanced animations; a new multimedia eBook; and over 50 hours of video lessons from Thinkwell as well as SMARTHINKING live online tutoring.
New! The Online Study Center Media Guide provides passkey access to premium student resources available on the student web site. The enhance Online Study Center features new Visualizations, interactive tutorials, video lessons from Thinkwell, electronic flashcards, and ACE practice tests to help students review and practice difficult concepts.
The Media Integration Guide for Instructors includes several easy to use supplements designed to make class preparation, presentation, and course management more efficient and effective: HM Testing CD; HM ClassPresent CD with animations and videos; Online Teaching Center access; and information about Eduspace (powered by Blackboard).
New! HM Testing (powered by Diploma) now has over 2,200 questions-500 of them are algorithmically generated. All questions are tagged with question format, level of difficulty, and topic for ease-of-use in question selection/test construction.
In order to reinforce major chemical concepts, the authors present a proven six-part approach to problem solving that includes Example, Problem Strategy, Solution, Answer Check, Exercise, and corresponding End-of-Chapter Problems, many of which are presented in matched pairs.

Reader Reviews
Ebbing Chemistry presents chemistry as "physics at the atomic level." It seems this text is geared towards those majoring in chemistry, physics, or engineering and not necessarily biology majors. Some texts are vague, while Ebbying's clearly explains core concepts like atomic structure, the gas laws, and stoichiometry. Clear, logical problem-solving is stressed and demostrated with examples in each section. At the risk of sounding too elementary or juvenile, there is plenty of "color" in this text. What I mean is that important charts, high-quality experiment pictures, and molecular diagrams all serve to make reading through 20-page chapters more enjoyable. Another key feature in of this text is that there is a wealth of information on the uses of chemicals and different manufacturing and industrial processes in the end-of-chapter problems. Just reading through the problems enlightens you about the many chemical processes used today. Comment | | (Report this)

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