Dictionary of organic compounds. Volumes 1-5 and first supplement

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rrmtains an overview uf the textbook, daeribes its special feat,ores, supplies answers, and suggests lest qoest.ions. The second section is entitled, "Chemistry: Reflections of Another Teacher," by Jay A. Young. In i t he explains the importanre of physical chemistry (thermokinetics, and st,ructural determinations), as xn essential feature of modern-day chemistry teaching. He considers the tapir in some detail and thtw irmtrihutes ilwaluahle background i h r m a t i u u 11, the high school chemistry instructor.

Collage Chemistry

J . iVelson S h , San Ftmeism State College, California. Charles E.Merrill Books, Inc., Columbus, Ohio, 1966. aiv 497 pp. Figs. and tables. I.;..', X 23.5 cm. $8.25.

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This text was written for thoiie students who have had no previous course in chemistry. I t is, according to the author, "written for students in any of three hrond types of courses: (1) A terminal rn~lrse for non-science majors; (2) A wesemester preparatory eoume for those stndents who Intend to move into a cowse specifically for science majon; (3) A oneyear course in which hath science and non-science majors are enrolled." The text appears to be 8. good choice for the first two types of cowses, but it seems hardly adequat,e for the third type. While this hook gives a clear, readable, and accurate introduetiw to cli~ssical and modern principles of chemistry, i t crmtains almost no descriptive chemistry. A student whose only eqosure to ehemistry w;w through this book would he able to make many computations about the amounts of materials used and prodnred in chemical reactions, about equilihrium states, hand energies, acid-base equilibria, galvanic cells, chemical kinetics, and radioactive decay; hut he would he sL a loss as to the propertic3 of any of the