The text includes links to videos and simulations that students can watch or manipulate systems. These make the text relevant to experiences the students are familiar with. I love the “Portrait of a Chemist”, “Chemistry in Everyday Life”, and “How the Sciences Interconnect” sections. The key words, key equations, and summaries at the end of the chapters are great quick resources for students. The learning objectives included at the beginning of each section are great and book is well illustrated. There are many things I like about the text. These do insert some sense of diversity to the text. Some of them are more “historical” chemists, but there are some more recent ones. It does include these great “Portrait of a Chemist” in different sections. The book doesn’t explicitly include cultural references and is in no way offensive. While I’m sure there are some, I haven’t noticed any.
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I’ve looked through the pdf and didn’t see any issues. The online version of the textbook is easy to navigate and works well/looks nice. Transitions between chapters didn’t feel choppy despite the modularity of the text. The text is organized in a reasonable way and flows nicely. In terms of navigation, it would be nice if the different headings in the sections were also included in the table of contents. I teach general chemistry in a slightly different order, but I feel that this text would allow me that freedom to move a later chapter or section up and push an earlier part back without much confusion. Chapters are organized the same way throughout: introduction, sections of material, key words, key equations, summaries, end-of-chapter problems. Some problems later on are less explicitly worked and could cause some students confusion. Example problems are worked out step-by-step, especially in the beginning of the book. Later on, I also found concepts that were explained in multiple ways to help students understand fully. Differences between commonly confused terms were stressed. I appreciate the way the text explained topics, especially in the beginning chapters. I don’t know that this is any worse than most general chemistry textbooks. I think the book is very clear in most instances, although a student with no previous experience with chemistry may find some sections a bit difficult to get through. They include the most current periodic table and a section with the updated definition of a kilogram, so it appears to be updated regularly.
I see no reason why this text would not be relevant in years to come general chemistry topics tend to be widely accepted. It does seem from the list of errata that the text is updated and corrected as needed, so if you came across an issue, it would be reasonably easy to suggest a correction/clarification.
The content appears to be accurate, although I have not solved all the in-chapter and end-of-chapter problems. Appendices included with the text are appropriate for a general chemistry course. It is clearly written with chemistry majors in mind. This text contains 21 chapters and covers all material in a typical 2-semester general chemistry course. Reviewed by Ashley Garr, Associate Professor, Central College on 6/4/21 Journalism, Media Studies & Communications.
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