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Blending the central ideas of chemistry into stories that are relevant and familiar to non-science majors, 21st Century Chemistry provides coverage of everything from evaluating nutrition labels to understanding global warming and climate change to help you see the relevance in chemistry today.
Chapter 1: The Story of Chemistry: The Scientific Method: Think, Measure, Rethink
Chapter 2: Atoms: All About atoms and What’s Inside Them
Chapter 3: Everything: The Ways We Organize and Classify Matter
Chapter 4: Bonds: An Introduction to the Forces within Substances
Chapter 5: Carbon: Elemental Carbon, Organic Molecules, and Carbon Footprints
Chapter 6: Air: A Study of the Gases in Our Atmosphere
Chapter 7: Chemical Reactions: How We Keep Track of Chemical Changes
Chapter 8: Water: Why Water Is Critical for Human Beings and for the Planet
Chapter 9: Salts and Aqueous Solutions: The Nature of Salts and How They Interact with Water
Chapter 10: pH and Acid Rain: Acid Rain and Our Environment
Chapter 11: Nukes: The Fundamentals of Nuclear Chemistry
Chapter 12: Energy, Power, and Climate Change: New Ways to Generate Power and Store Energy
Chapter 13: Sustainability and Recycling: Finding Better Ways to Use (and Reuse) Our Resources
Chapter 14: Food: The Biochemistry of the Foods We Eat
Appendix A: Working with Measured Numbers: Significant Figures
Appendix B: Answers to Odd-Numbered End-of-Chapter Questions
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