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Foundations of General, Organic, and Biochemistry

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ISBN-10: 0073311839

ISBN-13: 9780073311838

Edition: 2008

Authors: Katherine J. Denniston, Joseph J. Topping

List price: $184.00
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This newFoundations of General, Organic, and Biochemistryis designed to help undergraduate, health and science-related majors, understand key concepts and appreciate the significant connections between chemistry, health, disease, and the treatment of disease.Foundations, just like its parent text, strikes a balance between theoretical and practical chemistry, while emphasizing material that is unique to health-related studies. Foundations of General, Organic, and Biochemistryis designed for the one-semester, or two-semester, allied health chemistry course. This text has an easy-to-follow problem-solving approach, vivid illustrations, and engaging applications including timely "Chemistry at…    
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Book details

List price: $184.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Publication date: 1/11/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 688
Size: 9.25" wide x 11.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 3.850
Language: English

Kate Denniston is a biochemist in the Biology Dept. of Towson State University. At Towson, she has been honored with such awards as the "Outstanding Faculty Award" and the "Faculty Merit Award". Her previous employment record is literally a list of some of the best biochemistry institutions in the world: Univ. of Wisconsin as a post-doc, Georgetown University School of Medicine as research professor, National Cancer Institute as a Senior Staff Fellow, the Argonee National laboratory in their research program, and as an Invited Instructor by the European Molecular Biology Organization. She has written for such noteworthy publications as Nature, Science.

Joe Topping currently is a professor of analytical chemistry at Towson State University. He did his post-doc at Iowa State Univeristy in Ames. At Towson, he has been honored with such awards as the "Outstanding Faculty Award" and the "Faculty Merit Award". He has written ancillaries for an outstanding text, Atkins - General Chemistry and is heavily involved with the American Chemical Society.

Chemistry: Methods and Measurement
The Structure of the Atom and the Periodic Table
Structure and Properties of Ionic and Covalent Compounds
Calculations and the Chemical Equation
Energy, Rate, and Equilibrium
States of Matter: Gases, Liquids, and Solids
Solutions
Acids and Bases
The Nucleus and Radioactivity
An Introduction to Organic Chemistry: The Saturated Hydrocarbons
The Unsaturated Hydrocarbons: Alkenes, Alkynes, and Aromatics
Oxygen- and Sulfur- Containing Organic Compounds
Carboxylic Acids, Esters, Amines, and Amides
Carbohydrates
Lipids and their Functions in Biochemical Systems
Protein Structure and Enzymes
Introduction to Molecular Genetics
Carbohydrate Metabolism
Fatty Acid and Amino Acid Metabolism