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Pearson eText gives students access to the text whenever and wherever they can access the Internet. The eText pages look exactly like the printed text, and include powerful interactive and customization functions. This does not include the actual bound book. Used by over a million science students, the Mastering platform is the most effective and widely used online tutorial, homework, and assessment system for the sciences. This is the product access code card for MasteringChemistry#xAE; and does not include the actual bound book. Basic Chemistrygives you the problem-solving tools and techniques you'll need to succeed in future chemistry courses and in the work force. In a clear, friendly writing style, Timberlake continues to make chemistry relevant and engaging. Her unique #x1C;Guide to Problem-Solving#x1D; strategy provides a visual, step-by-step plan that helps to solve a wide variety of problems. Sample and practice problems throughout each chapter help you practice and master quantitative skills. Real-world applications cover modern, interesting topics in helping connect chemical principles to events in today's world, while interviews with engineers, doctors, veterinarians, and biochemists show the importance of chemistry in future careers.

Karen Timberlake is professor emeritus of chemistry at Los Angeles Valley College, where she taught chemistry for allied health and preparatory chemistry for 36 years. She received her bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Washington and her Master’s degree in biochemistry from the University of California at Los Angeles.

Professor Timberlake has been writing chemistry textbooks for 30 years. During that time, her name has become associated with the strategic use of pedagogical tools that promote student success in chemistry and the application of chemistry to real-life situations. More than one million students have learned chemistry using texts, laboratory manuals, and study guides written by Karen Timberlake. In addition to Basic Chemistry, she is also the author of General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, Structures of Life, Second Edition and Chemistry: An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, Ninth Edition with the accompanying Study Guide with Solutions for Selected Problems, Laboratory Manual, and Essentials Laboratory Manual.

Professor Timberlake belongs to numerous science and educational organizations including the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA). In 1987, she was the Western Regional Winner of Excellence in College Chemistry Teaching Award given by the Chemical Manufacturers Association. In 2004, she received the McGuffey Award in Physical Sciences by the Textbook Author Association, awarded for textbooks whose excellence has been demonstrated over time. In 2006, she also received the Texty “Textbook” Excellence Award from the Textbook Authors Association for the first edition of Basic Chemistry. She has participated in education grants for science teaching including the Los Angeles Collaborative for Teaching Excellence (LACTE) and a Title III grant at her college. She often speaks at conferences and educational meetings on the use of student-centered teaching methods in chemistry to promote the learning success of students.

Chapter 1- Chemistry in Our Lives
Chapter 2- Measurements
Chapter 3- Matter and Energy
Chapter 4- Atoms and Elements
Chapter 5- Electronic Structure and Periodic Trends
Chapter 6- Inorganic and Organic Compounds: Names and Formulas
Chapter 7- Chemical Quantities
Chapter 8- Chemical Reactions of Inorganic and Organic Compounds
Chapter 9- Chemical Quantities in Reactions
Chapter 10- Structures of Solids and Liquids
Chapter 11- Gases
Chapter 12- Solutions
Chapter 13- Chemical Equilibrium
Chapter 14- Acids and Bases
Chapter 15- Oxidation and Reduction
Chapter 16- Nuclear Radiation
Chapter 17- Organic Chemistry (Chapter available online)
Chapter 18- Biochemistry (Chapter available online)

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