Publisher's Synopsis
"Welcome to the fourteenth edition of An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry. This chemistry text was written and designed to help you prepare for a career in a health-related profession, such as nursing, dietetics, respiratory therapy, and environmental and agricultural science. This text assumes no prior knowledge of chemistry. My main objective in writing this text is to make the study of chemistry an engaging and a positive experience for you by relating the structure and behavior of matter to its role in health and the environment. This new edition introduces more problem-solving strategies, more problem-solving guides, new Analyze the Problem with Connect features, new Try It First and Engage features, conceptual and challenge problems, and new sets of combined problems. It is my goal to help you become a critical thinker by understanding scientific concepts that will form a basis for making important decisi
