Elements of general and biological chemistry /
John R. Holum
- Fourth Edition
- New York : J. Wiley & Sons, c1975
- XI, 565, 12 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1. Concerning goals and methods -- Chapter 2. The nature of matter -- Chapter 3. The nature of matter: compounds and chemical bonds -- Chapter 4. Moles, states of matter, chemical energy -- Chapter 5. Solutions and colloids -- Chapter 6. Important ionic compounds and their reactions -- Chapter 7. Acidity -- Chapter 8. Nonmetallic elements of the biosphere -- Chapter 9. Introduction to organic chemistry.
The purpose is to deal with the language of science so as to make scientific terms and symbols explicity clear and staightforward.