Chemistry For Dummies by John T. Moore
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Book Reviews of Chemistry For Dummies
Book Review: Good, but kind of fluffy
Summary: 2 Stars
Whether or not you should buy this book really depends on what you need it for.If you're interested in learning more about how chemistry is used in everyday life, this book is excellent. It does a very good job of explaining how chemistry is used in a variety of consumer and industrial situations. This is an interesting book in this sense, and very complete.
However, if you're taking a chemistry class, this is not such a good book. The explanations of chemical topics are a little fluffy, and certainly not what anybody would consider complete. While well-written and lively, it's just not "chemical" enough to give the serious student any real help when studying.
My conclusion: If you're looking for a fun book about chemistry, buy this one. If you're a student who needs help, go elsewhere.
Book Review: Useless, just like any "dummies" book
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this book because I was having a tough time in Chemistry last year (high school chem no less). On the rare occasion when I actually understood what was going on enough to try and learn more about it; I would turn to this for just that purpose. However, the answers I received were never what I was looking for; as the differences between my Chemistry book and this thing were so different that this book was rendered utterly useless. For example, this book was obsessed with the unit called "torrs". Well, we never, EVER, used that unit in my Chem class. There was also no conversion formula mentioned anywhere in here either, and even if there was, do I really have the time to be able to convert EVERY little thing that I do into another unit? Also, as with any other "dummies" book, this book tries to be funny. Frankly, after I've just spent the last two hours trying to figure out just what the heck I'm doing, the last thing I want to see is humor. If they spent as much time getting good information in this book as they did making it "cute"....
This book also likes to get into exactly what being a chemist entails; or, if not that, they like to get into how Chemistry is "applied". We all know that, if you're just taking a Chem class because you have to, and you have no interest in pursuing a career in that field, then you're never going to have to deal with it again. Therefore, why would you CARE about how the properties of Viagra (to pick one useless subject) were discovered? Don't they realize no High School OR college student is going to care about that? Why doesn't the author, instead, spend more time on subjects that you're actually going to NEED to learn?
Overall, the only "Dummy" here is the author of this book, John T. Moore. He does a very poor job of explaining even the most basic concepts; concepts that you will need if you wish to be successful in this area of study. If you want a helpful guide for Chemistry, look elsewhere.
Book Review: Insulted by Cover!
Summary: 1 Stars
Sorry, but I couldn't get pass the cover of this supposedly helpful book. Unlike the "Physics for Dummies" or the "Biology for Dummies" books, J Wiley chose to use the picture of a Black kid to illustrate their chemistry text. There is an obvious biased message in that choice. I suggest you try another publisher if you need help in your chemistry class.Book Review: interesting but useless for class
Summary: 1 Stars
This book was really interesting. I bought it to get a jump start with my chemistry class. This book leaves out almost every thing I needed to learn (MEMORIZE) which would have been handy. If your looking for help, your better off searching free websites.Book Review: ok.
Summary: 1 Stars
Thought I would need this when I took Chemistry, but I maybe looked at it once and it wasn't the most helpful.