Chemistry A Molecular Approach - Does it Stand By Its Claims?

Chemistry A Molecular Approach - Does it Stand By Its Claims?Chemistry A Molecular Approach is not as good as its predecessors. If you had read it in the first two editions, then you know that this is not the same book as in the first one. There are some major changes, and it is no longer a book about the Fundamental Concepts of Chemistry but more like a step-by-step recipe book.The author of this book is now Dr. John Stewart, who has taught Chemistry for more than 20 years at Leeds University. However, there is no relation between this book and his Ph.D. from the same university. Some of the new chapters are not mentioned in previous versions of the book, so you cannot learn them if you have not read the previous versions of this book.When the authors start the study of the fundamental concepts of chemistry, they focus on the chemical properties of the elements and compounds. But, when they are in the last pages of the book, they introduce the molecular theory, also called 'molecula r mechanics' and some of the phenomena that are related to it. It is strange that the authors give so much importance to properties are introduced very late, but in the end it makes the book very boring.You would not understand all the concepts of molecular physics, and that is why the authors introduce other topics instead. There are lots of problems in reading textbooks for free, so this is no different. As I have already said, it is not a good book for a first-time student who wants to learn chemistry by doing.If you want to be able to practice, then you need to do some experiments and it would be a waste of your time to read the book and spend some days doing experiments, only to get disappointed because it does not teach you much. The reason for that is that there are only a few concepts taught in the book. In fact, only the basics are covered. Even those are not in the right order and there are some confusing statements.You may even ask yourself why you can not download it as a PDF file for free. But the fact is that this book is now being distributed on a paid basis. However, the information in the book still remains the same.If you want to read a book about Chemical Physics, you may find Chemistry A Molecular Approach very useful. However, if you just want to learn more about chemistry and do experiments, then you should try other books instead.