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Chemistry: An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, 13th edition

Published by Pearson (February 5, 2017) © 2018

  • Karen C. Timberlake Los Angeles Valley College

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For 1-semester courses in general, organic and biological chemistry.

Connect chemistry to students' everyday lives

Chemistry: An Introduction to General, Organic and Biological Chemistry is the ideal resource for today's allied health and nursing students. Author Karen Timberlake assumes no prior knowledge of chemistry and shows why important concepts are relevant to students' lives and future careers. The text fosters development of problem-solving skills while helping students visualize and understand concepts.

The 13th Edition features new problem-solving tools and updated chapter openers with follow-up stories that help students make decisions about health and the environmental issues.

Hallmark features of this title

  • Understanding the Concepts questions at the end of each chapter build understanding of the details of newly learned chemical concepts.
  • Chemistry Links to Health and Environment relate chemistry concepts to real-life topics in health, the environment and medicine.
  • Sample problems demonstrate the application of new concepts to problem solving. Worked-out solutions give step-by-step explanations, provide a problem-solving model and illustrate calculations.
  • Concept Maps provide a big-picture overview of concepts presented in the chapter and help students understand how these concepts connect to one another.
  • Macro-to-micro art illustrations help students visualize chemistry in everyday life, connecting recognizable objects with atomic-level representations,.

New and updated features of this title

  • Chapter-opening profiles show students how professionals working in diverse careers that use chemistry every day.
  • Clinical Updates continue the story and link Clinical Application Questions to the information in the Chapter Opener using new chapter content.
  • Clinical Applications identify clinically ­related study problems in each section of Questions and Problems.
  • Try It First in Sample Problems reminds students that attempting to solve a problem before looking at a solution helps connect newly learned ideas, retrieve information, identify gaps in understanding, identify how ideas are related, and show how to change their approach to the problem in the future.
  • Connect feature has been added to Analyze the Problem boxes indicates the relationships between “Given” and “Need.” Analyze the Problem features in the Sample Problems solutions strengthen critical-thinking skills and help students break down word problems into components required to solve them.
  • Study Tips suggest that the student read and test from memory and check results, then repeat the reading a few days later and retest to improve recall.

Highlights of the DIGITAL UPDATE for Mastering Chemistry (available for Fall 2020 classes)

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  • NEW & UPDATED: Enhanced end-of-chapter questions with answer-specific feedback guide students towards the correct answer without giving the answer away.
  • NEW: Ready-to-Go Study Tools help students master tough topics with Key Concept Videos, Interactive Worked Examples and problem sets with answer-specific feedback.
  • UPDATED: Dynamic Study Modules pose a series of questions about a course topic, adapt to a student's performance and offer personalized, targeted feedback.

Features of Mastering Chemistry for the 13th Edition; published 2017

  • Problem Solving in Allied Health tutorials help students develop problem-solving skills needed to succeed in the course and future allied health careers.
  • Key Math Skills and Core Chemistry Skills Tutorials provide assignable practice problems related to the in-text feature boxes, ensuring that students master the basic quantitative and science skills they need to succeed in the course.
  • Concept Map quizzes help students make key connections via drag-and-drop applets and related multiple-choice questions.
  • Construct a Concept Map problems guide students through creating concept maps and provide wrong-answer feedback to clarify their proposed concept links.
  1. Chemistry in Our Lives
  2. Chemistry and Measurements
  3. Matter and Energy
  4. Atoms and Elements
  5. Nuclear Chemistry
  6. Ionic and Molecular Compounds
  7. Chemical Quantities and Reactions
  8. Gases
  9. Solutions
  10. Acids and Bases and Equilibrium
  11. Introduction to Organic Chemistry: Hydrocarbons
  12. Alcohols, Thiols, Ethers, Aldehydes, and Ketones
  13. Carbohydrates
  14. Carboxylic Acids, Esters, Amines, and Amides
  15. Lipids
  16. Amino Acids, Proteins, and Enzymes
  17. Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis
  18. Metabolic Pathways and Energy Production

About our author

Karen Timberlake is Professor Emerita 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 40 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.

Professor Timberlake belongs to numerous scientific and educational organizations including the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA). She has been the Western Regional Winner of Excellence in College Chemistry Teaching Award given by the Chemical Manufacturers Association. She received the McGuffey Award in Physical Sciences from the Textbook Authors' Association for her textbook Chemistry: An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, 8th Edition, which has demonstrated her excellence over time. She received the "Texty" Textbook Excellence Award from the Textbook Authors' Association for the 1st 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 speaks at conferences and educational meetings on the use of student-centered teaching methods in chemistry to promote the learning success of students.

When Professor Timberlake is not writing textbooks, she and her husband relax by playing tennis, ballroom dancing, traveling, trying new restaurants, cooking, and taking care of their grandchildren, Daniel and Emily.

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