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General, Organic and Biochemistry

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ISBN-10: 0077221419

ISBN-13: 9780077221416

Edition: 6th 2008

Authors: Katherine J. Denniston, Joseph J. Topping, Robert L. Caret

List price: $175.94
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The fifth edition ofGeneral, Organic, and Biochemistryis designed to help undergraduate health-related majors, and students of all other majors, understand key concepts and appreciate the significant connections between chemistry, health, disease, and the treatment of disease. This text continues to strike a balance between theoretical and practical chemistry, while emphasizing material that is unique to health-related studies. The text has been written at a level intended for students whose professional goals do not include a mastery of chemistry, but for whom an understanding of the principles and practice of chemistry is a necessity. Designed for the one- or two-semester course, this…    
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Book details

List price: $175.94
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Publication date: 11/5/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 928
Size: 9.50" wide x 11.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 4.950
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.

Bob Caret is currently Provost and Executive Vice President of Towson State University and an associate professor of chemistry. He has written an Organic Chemistry text previously. Professor Caret's Focus in the textbook is in organic chemistry.

General Chemistry
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
States of Matter
Gases, Liquids, and Solids
Solutions
Energy, Rate, and Equilibrium
Acids and Bases and Oxidation-Reduction
The Nucleus, Radioactivity, and Nuclear Medicine
Organic Chemistry
An Introduction to Organic Chemistry
The Saturated Hydrocarbons
The Unsaturated Hydrocarbons
Alkenes, Alkynes, and Aromatics
Alcohols, Phenols, Thiols, and Ethers
Aldehydes and Ketones
Carboxylic Acids and Carboxylic Acid Derivatives
Amines and Amides
Biochemistry
Carbohydrates
Lipids and Their Functions in Biochemical Systems
Protein Structure and Function
Enzymes
Introduction to Molecular Genetics
Carbohydrate Metabolism
Aerobic Respiration and Energy Production
Fatty Acid Metabolism