Publisher's Synopsis
Based on feedback from students and professors alike, this introductory textbook has been revised to offer material in a different sequence, and expanded end-of-chapter questions. A major theme of the text is the introduction, explanation and illustration of the problem-solving methods of beginning chemistry. Approaches to solutions chemical problems, and the unit-equation, factor-label or dimensional-analysis methods are explained in detail with numerous examples. Relevant analogies and special topics continue to reinforce, introduce and illustrate chemical concepts.