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Chemistry for the Biosciences Jonathan Crowe

Chemistry for the Biosciences By Jonathan Crowe

Chemistry for the Biosciences by Jonathan Crowe


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Chemistry for the Biosciences leads students through the essential chemical concepts that are central to understanding biological systems. With an emphasis on clear, straightforward explanations, and by using relevant biological examples throughout, it illustrates just how integral chemistry is to the biosciences.

Chemistry for the Biosciences Summary

Chemistry for the Biosciences: The Essential Concepts by Jonathan Crowe

Chemistry pervades our life, giving shape and character to the world around us. It moulds our climate, fuels our transport, gives food its taste and smell. Most of all, chemistry powers life itself. Chemistry for the Biosciences leads students through the essential concepts that are central to understanding biological systems, using everyday examples and analogies to build their confidence in an often daunting subject. Placing an emphasis on clear, straightforward explanations, it fosters understanding as opposed to rote learning; by using relevant biological examples throughout, it illustrates just how integral chemistry is to the biosciences. With scientific research placing more emphasis on the interface of chemistry and biology than ever before, few can not argue that mastering some essential chemical concepts is central to fully understanding biology itself. Chemistry for the Biosciences is the ideal teaching and learning resource to ensure today's biology students grasp these concepts, and appreciate their importance throughout the subject. The Online Resource Centre to accompany Chemistry for the Biosciences 2/e features For registered adopters * Figures from the book in electronic format, ready to download * A testbank of over 200 questions to download and test your students For students * Full solutions to numerical self-check questions * A bank of online multiple-choice questions to check understanding and aid exam preparation

Chemistry for the Biosciences Reviews

I cannot rave enough about this book. I have spent months being utterly mystified on an Open University undergraduate chemistry course and I finally dropped out. I wish I had had this book at the time! Concepts that seemed completely incomprehensible are explained with everyday examples and suddenly everything becomes easy and perfectly logical - it is true, chemistry does make sense! This book is undoubtedly one of the best textbooks I have ever seen. I only wish I had found it sooner! Amazon Reviewer Anyone involved in a foundation chemistry course, especially for students with a limited chemical background, would do well to consider adopting this as a core text. Linda Mann, Education in Chemistry The text is clear and precise, and at times utterly delightful, with fantastic analogies that have remained in my head for weeks after reading it. Kirsty MacLeod, 4th year Zoology student, St. Andrews University The absolute best bit of this book for me, as someone who struggles with maths, is the way that the mathematical problems are explained in simple steps that do not assume a good level of prior knowledge. Stuart Fisk, 3rd year The second edition of Chemistry for the Biosciences: The Essential Concepts nicely plugs the gap between basic primers and more complex chemistry texts for those bioscientists needing a stronger understanding of the chemical foundation of life. Luke Hillary, University of York

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: why biologists need chemistry ; 2. Atoms: the foundations of life ; 3. Compounds and chemical Bonding: bringing atoms together ; 4. Molecular Interactions: holding it all together ; 5. Organic Compounds 1: the framework of life ; 6. Organic Compounds 2: adding function to the framework of life ; 7. Biological Macromolecules: providing life's infrastructure ; 8. Molecular Shape and Structure 1: from atoms to small molecules ; 9. Molecular Shape and Structure 2: the shape of large molecules ; 10. Isomerism: generating chemical variety ; 11. Chemical analysis 1: how do we know what is there? ; 12. Chemical analysis 2: how do we know how much is there? ; 13. Energy: what makes reactions go? ; 14. Kinetics: what affects the speed of a reaction? ; 15. Equilibria: how far do reactions go? ; 16. Acids, bases and the aqueous environment: the medium of life ; 17. Chemical reactions 1: bringing molecules to life ; 18. Chemical reactions 2: reaction mechanisms driving the chemistry of life

Additional information

GOR005146831
9780199570874
0199570876
Chemistry for the Biosciences: The Essential Concepts by Jonathan Crowe
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Oxford University Press
2010-03-25
704
N/A
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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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