Chemistry. General, Organic and Biochemistry

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Denniston: General,
Organic and Biochemistry,
Fourth Edition
Companies, 2003
Preface
The fourth edition of General, Organic, and Biochemistry, like
our earlier editions, has been designed to help undergraduate majors in health-related fields understand key concepts and appreciate the significant connections between
chemistry, health, and the treatment of disease. We have
tried to strike a balance between theoretical and practical
chemistry, while emphasizing material that is unique to
health-related studies. We have written at a level intended
for students whose professional goals do not include a
mastery of chemistry, but for whom an understanding of
the principles and practice of chemistry is a necessity.
While we have stressed the importance of chemistry to
the health-related professions, this book was written for all
students that need a one or two semester introduction to
chemistry. Our focus on the relationship between chemistry, the environment, medicine, and the function of the
human body is an approach that can engage students in a
variety of majors.
In this text we treat the individual disciplines of inorganic, organic, and biological chemistry. Moreover, we
have tried to integrate these areas to show the interrelatedness of these topics. This approach provides a sound foundation in chemistry and teaches students that life is not a
magical property, but rather is the result of a set of chemical reactions that obey the scientific laws.
Key Features of the Fourth Edition
In the preparation of the fourth edition, we have been
guided by the collective wisdom of over fifty reviewers
who are experts in one of the three subdisciplines covered
in the book and who represent a diversity of experience, including community colleges, and four-year colleges and
universities. We have retained the core approach of our
successful earlier editions, modernized material where
necessary, and expanded or removed material consistent
with retention of the original focus and mission of the
book. Throughout the project, we have been careful to ensure that the final product is as student-oriented and readable as its predecessors.
Specifically, new features of the fourth edition include:
• Chapters 1 and 2 have been rearranged to more
smoothly facilitate students’ transition from
descriptive to quantitative chemistry.
• Twenty new boxed elements, particularly in the
Organic and Biochemistry parts, give students insight
into the modern-day application of various topics.
• Approximately 200 new end-of-chapter questions will
allow instructors greater flexibility in assigning
problems and will give students more opportunity to
test themselves.
• The website and other media supplements, as
described later in this Preface, have been enhanced.
Specifically, the Digital Content Manager, a CD-ROM,
contains electronic files of text figures and tables as
well as PowerPoint lecture slides.
We designed the fourth edition to promote student
learning and facilitate teaching. It is important to engage
students, to appeal to visual learners, and to provide a variety of pedagogical tools to help them organize and summarize information. We have utilized a variety of strategies
to accomplish our goals.
Engaging Students
Students learn better when they can see a clear relationship
between the subject material they are studying and real
life. We wrote the text to help students make connections
between the principles of chemistry and their previous life
experiences and/or their future professional experiences.
Our strategy to accomplish this integration includes the
following:
• Boxed Readings—”Chemistry Connection”: We have
crafted introductory vignettes to allow the student to
see the significance of chemistry in their daily lives
and in their future professions.
• Boxed Perspectives: These short stories present realworld situations that involve one or more topics that
students will encounter in the chapter. The “Medical
Perspectives” and “Clinical Perspectives” relate the
chemistry to a health concern or a diagnostic
application. The “Environmental Perspectives” deal
with issues, including the impact of chemistry on the
ecosystem and the way in which these environmental
changes affect human health. “Human Perspectives”
delve into chemistry and society and include such
topics as gender issues in science and historical
viewpoints.

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