Organic Chemistry at a Glance - Softcover

Harwood, Laurence M.; McKendrick, John E.; Whitehead, Roger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0865427828 ISBN 13: 9780865427822

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2004

Synopsis

With the diverse teaching backgrounds of first year university students, the highly detailed traditional organic chemistry textbook does not provide an easily digestible presentation of the very basic information required by many students to begin their study of this exciting subject.

Based on the highly successful and student friendly “at a glance” approach, with integrated, self contained double page spreads of text and graphics, Organic Chemistry at a Glance provides concise organic chemistry notes for students studying chemistry and related courses at undergraduate level. Graphical presentation of information is central to the book and facilitates the rapid assimilation and understanding of the basic concepts, principles and definitions of organic chemistry. It is not intended to replace existing organic chemistry textbooks, but to provide a tool with which the student can quickly, economically and confidently acquire, regularly review and revise the basic facts that underpin organic chemistry.

About this title

About the Author:

Laurence M. Harwood, PhD, is Professor of Organic Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry and Director of the Chemical Analysis Facility, University of Reading, UK.

John E. McKendrick, PhD, is Professor of Bio-organic Chemistry and Lecturer in Organic Chemistry at Reading University in the UK.

Roger Whitehead is the author of Organic Chemistry at a Glance, published by Wiley.

Review:

".a useful text to add to the recommended reading lists...provides a concise summary of the basics of first-year organic chemistry."
Chemistry World

"[The book is] ideal for the target audiences and priced and designed appropriately... well suited to the student who wishes to dip into organic chemistry over the course of a degree."
The Times Higher Education Supplement, Feb 2004

"Organic Chemistry at a glance is a rare example of a short format textbook that covers a great deal of ground without sacrificing clarity in the persuit of brevity." Education in Chemistry

"Good things come in small packages...the result is six chapters and less than one hundred pages of the most concentrated "essence" of organic chemistry that i have ever seen."

Journal of Chemical Education

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0865427828
• ISBN 13: 9780865427822
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 112