Schaum's Easy Outlines of College Chemistry, Second Edition - Paperback

by Jerome Rosenberg (Author), Lawrence Epstein (Author), Peter Krieger (Author)

When you need just the essentials of college chemistry, this Easy Outlines book is there to help

If you are looking for a quick nuts-and-bolts overview of college chemistry, it's got to be Schaum's Easy Outline. This book is a pared-down, simplified, and tightly focused version of its Schaum's Outline cousin, with an emphasis on clarity and conciseness.

Graphic elements such as sidebars, reader-alert icons, and boxed highlights stress selected points from the text, illuminate keys to learning, and give you quick pointers to the essentials.

• Perfect if you have missed class or need extra review
• Gives you expert help from teachers who are authorities in their fields
• So small and light that it fits in your backpack

Topics include: Quantities and Units, Moles and Empirical Formula, Calculations based on Chemical Equations, Concentration and Solution Stoichiometry, The Ideal Gas Law and Kinetic Theory, Thermochemistry, Atomic Structure, Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure, Solids and Liquids, Oxidation-Reduction, Properties of Solutions, Thermodynamics and Chemical Equilibrium, Acids and Bases, Precipitates, Electrochemistry, Rates of Reactions

Author Biography

Jerome Rosenberg, Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also the author of Schaum's Outline of Beginning Chemistry. Lawrence Epstein, Ph.D. is a retired Professor of General Chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh. He also co-authored Schaum's Outline of Beginning Chemistry. Peter Krieger, Ed.D is a Professor of Natural Sciences at Palm Beach Community College where he also serves as Chairperson of the Chemistry/Physics department. He is the author of several instructor's manuals in chemistry as well as Understanding General Chemistry (Simon and Schuster) published in 1997.