book reviews frequent use of concepts that are explained in a manner usually found in physics texts to introduce chemical concepts. For example, in the introduction to bonding there is a discussion of the concept of force, and Coulomb Law. The author uses Archimedes Law of Floating bodies as his example of how the "Scientific Method" works. Despite the many good features of this book, I do not understand why such a text would be more heloful to a student not vet prrpnred t