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

Published by Pearson (May 4, 2018) © 2018

  • Karen C. Timberlake Los Angeles Valley College

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Title overview

Chemistry: An Introduction to General, Organic and Biological Chemistry is the ideal resource for you as an allied health or nursing student. Author Karen Timberlake assumes no prior knowledge of chemistry and shows why important concepts are relevant to your life and future career. The text fosters development of problem-solving skills while helping you visualize and understand concepts.

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

Table of contents

  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

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