General, Organic, and Biochemistry

"Student engagement in the study of chemistry has been our primary aim since the first edition of this book. We wanted to show you that chemistry is much more than an onerous obstacle in the journey toward your career goals. Through the Perspectives boxes in each chapter, we have tried to show that chemistry is a fascinating discipline that has an enormous impact on all aspects of your life-whether chemistry in the kitchen, investigations at a crime scene, issues of environmental concern, medicine, or the chemical reactions that keep our bodies functioning"--