Joesten, Melvin D. <br/><br/>
World of chemistry :  essentials / 
Melvin D. Joesten, James L. Wood, Mary E. Castellion. 
 - 3rd ed. 
 - Belmont, Calif. :  Thomson/Brooks/Cole,  c2004. 
 - xxv, 544 p. :  ill. (some col.) ;  26 cm. +  1 electronic optical disc (CD-ROM) (4 3/4 in.) 
<br/><br/> "Some of the Boxed features entitled The world of chemistry provided by Isadore Adler, Nava Ben-Zvi." - T.p. 
<br/><br/>1.  Living in a world of chemistry.  - 2.  The chemical view of matter.  - 3.  Atoms and the periodic table.  - 4.  Nuclear changes.  - 5.  Chemical bonding and states of matter. - 6.  Chemical reactivity: chemicals in action.  - 7.  Acid-base reactions.  - 8.  Oxidation - reduction reactions.  - 9.  Energy and hydrocarbons.  - 10.  Organic chemical and polymers.  - 11. The chemistry of life.  - 12.  Nutrition: the basis of healthy living.  - 13.  Chemistry and medicine.  - 14.  The chemistry of useful materials.  - 15.  Water: pleanty of it, but of what quality?  - 16.  Air: The precious canopy.  - 17.  Feeding the world.  - Appendix A: significant figures.  - Appendix B: scientific notation.  - Appendix C: Units of measure, unit conversion, and problem solving.  - Appendix D: naming organic compounds.  - Appendix E: answers to self-tests and matching sets.  - Appendix F: answers to exercises.  - Appendix G: answers to selected questions. 
<br/><br/>1 electronic optical disc (CD-ROM) : CNN CD everyday chemistry : CNN chemistry view : vols. 1 & 2.  ISBN 0534422195 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0534559093 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Chemistry.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>540  / JOE