Chemistry, 2nd Edition
Karen Tirnbcrlokr, Harper & Row, San Francisco, 1979. vi 548 pp. Figs. and tables. 24 X 19.5 cm. $15.95. This is a hrruk written for students interested in t h health ~ sciences. It is a very basic text and would be suitahle for those students who have had little or no previous exposure to chemistry. There are a total of twenty-four chapters, the first twelve of which are devoted to the basic principles of general chemistry. Emphasis is placed, in these first chapters, upon those topics which have special interest and application t o hody chemistry. T h e last twelve chapters deal, first of all, with the organic chemistry necessary t o introduce the student t o the families of organic compounds whose chemistry is neressary far the understanding of those suhstancesrequired for the functioning of living systems. Then these substances, such as carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and enzymes, are treated as well as their metabolism and function in the human system. In thesecond edition, there has heen same rearrangement and enlargement of the chapters on chemical principles. A chapter treating of stoichiometry and balancing equations has been added as well as an additional chapter on types of reactions including oxidation-reduction reactions. T h e chapter on enerm has been moved up so that it can be applied to the study of changes of state. A final chapter devoted tovitamins and hormones has been added. Each chapter follows a format which should greatly aid the student. A set of about ten objectives appears a t the beginning of each chapter which outlines the concepts that
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Basic Chemistry Glenn H. Mill
