A useful resource. (Oxford Chemistry Primers - Oxford University Press)

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Product:	Oxford Chemistry Primers - Oxford University Press
Date:	19/05/01 (55 review reads)
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Advantages: cheap !, easy to understand

Disadvantages: none that spring to mind

Oxford Chemistry Primers


These books are undergraduate idiots guides. There are approximately 73 books in the series with standard topics such as chemical bonding ( handy for first year spec courses) to much more esoteric topics like fractals in chemistry and Sono chemistry.

I have several of theses books, the most useful I found was for aromatic and heterocyclic chemistry. The books are set out in an easy to read manner with clear language that does not bog you down. Throughout the texts are small clusters of questions with the added bonus of the answers being in the back of the book and not just selected answers either.With each idea tackled in mini chapters,learning and retaining the knowledge becomes easier. Many of the books are written by people who have written well known Text books. Like C.E Houscroft and E C Constable (a general chemistry book ), M Bochmann ( the metallocene man ) Harwood and Moody ( organic synthesis).

The books are sponsored by Zeneca and are printed by OUP. The price is reasonable when compared to other texts books, I think that the new Inorganic chemistry by Cotton and Wilkinson is about £65.I always found that when ever I went to the university Library to find a book they were always out and buying science text books is almost prohibitively expensive. Purchasing these primers is like buying a relevant chapter and thus prove to be a valuable resource.

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