Chemistry by John E Mcmurry

Chemistry by John E Mcmurry

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This edition retains the focus on genuine understanding which has helped make chemistry clear for students in the first two editions. Key concepts are presented in a visual, intuitive fashion. The McMurry/Fay media program provides classroom support and encourages independent learning.

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Chemistry by John E Mcmurry

For full-year general chemistry courses taken by majors in chemistry as well as biology, pre-health, and engineering. Clear, conceptual, and connected, McMurry/Fay's successful Chemistry retains the focus on genuine understanding that has helped make chemistry clear for students through its first two editions. The authors' clean, interesting writing style talks directly to students, with a minimum of distractions. Key concepts are presented and consistently emphasized throughout the text in a visual, intuitive fashion. The well-integrated McMurry/Fay media program provides excellent classroom support and encourages independent learning. In short, McMurry/Fay is CLEAR, CONCEPTUAL, CONNECTED.

JOHN MCMURRY, educated at Harvard and Columbia, has taught approximately 17,000 students in general and organic chemistry over a 30-year period. A Professor of Chemistry at Cornell University since 1980, Dr. McMurry previously spent 13 years on the faculty at the University of California at Santa Cruz. He as received numerous awards, including the Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship (1969-71), the National Institute of Health Career Development Award (1975-80), the Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Award (1986-87), and the Max Planck Research Award (1991).

ROBERT C. FAY, Professor of Chemistry at Cornell University, has been teaching general and inorganic chemistry at Cornell since 1962. Known for his clear, well-organized lectures, Dr. Fay was the 1980 recipient of the Clark Distinguished Teaching Award. He has also taught as a visiting professor at Harvard University and at the University of Bologna (Italy). A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Oberlin College, Fay received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. He has been an NSF Science Faculty Fellow at the University of East Anglia and the University of Sussex (England) and a NATO/Heineman Senior Fellow at Oxford University.

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ISBN 13 9780130872050
ISBN 10 0130872059
Title Chemistry
Author John E Mcmurry
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Pearson Education (US)
Year published 2000-09-19
Number of pages 1173
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.