Good High School Chemistry Books

[Mitch]

For High School Students

 
Title: General Chemistry
Author: Linus Pauling
Description: To be honest I've never liked any high school chemistry book. So, I'm recommending this older undergraduate text. This has everything any highschooler could wish to learn and goes over the fundamentals well.--Mitch

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[Donaldson Tan]

   
Advanced Chemistry
Author: Maple, James (Head Of Science, Manshead School, Dunstable)
Paperback; 2-colour Line, B&w Phtographs, 40 Full Colour Page
640 pages
Published: December 1995
John Murray (Publishers) Ltd
ISBN: 0719553598

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[americanstrat4]

Right now I'm a highschool student.  I'm using:

"Chemistry" "Sixth Edition"
By Steven and Susan Zumdahl
Houghton Mifflin Company

It's a good book, at least in my opinion.

For more complex things, Feynman has some lectures on physics that deal with atomic structure and things associated with that area of chemistry.  Cool stuff.

[Vette Freak]

I loved Zumdahl for a high school AP Chemistry text.  I should have stolen it.  I wish I had a copy because the college chemistry text was horrible.

[Chung Ling Boys]

any one heard of central science from Brown? or Raymond Cheng?

[rctrackstar2007]

any one heard of central science from Brown? or Raymond Cheng?

Cheng is the text book we use in our school and it's really good i think

[mrdeadman]

any one heard of central science from Brown? or Raymond Cheng?

cheng also has an internet site that has all kinds of tools to use. 

[Mitch]

http://www.geocities.com/raymondcheng2000_hk/

[rctrackstar2007]

http://www.geocities.com/raymondcheng2000_hk/

is that supposed to be of some importance cuz it's a weird looking website to me

[chris16]

Im still in high school and Im using Exploring Chemistry by Roland Smith. I find that this book is really useful and its got everything in it. Good Luck

[aaron_tina]

Should I have to buy it?
Can you send me a e-mail?

[buckminsterfullerene]

Right now I'm a highschool student.  I'm using:

"Chemistry" "Sixth Edition"
By Steven and Susan Zumdahl
Houghton Mifflin Company

It's a good book, at least in my opinion.

For more complex things, Feynman has some lectures on physics that deal with atomic structure and things associated with that area of chemistry.  Cool stuff.

i bought the book... though 5th edition ($20 over ebay), go to ebay, i almost got it for 1 cent and would have to pay an $8 S&H (my computer crashed just 3 minutes before it ended.. no one got it even for 1 cent)

as for the book, while going over the book, and in class, we would find several mistakes with the problems, the text seems to be ok, but the problems there would usually be someone that would challenge the integrity of the response.  As it turns out the questions and answers are not made by Zumdahl, but by students, so
text = good
questions and answers = bad

[fggw2001]

oh,it'sa advertizement.

[Mitch]

huh?

[BaO]

how about "chemistry 12 -a workbook for students" ? by Hebden.i really liked it. has anyone got this book?

[Playerbeta]

What my school is using is called "Heath Chemistry", that is a pretty old book.
My teacher suggested us to use a workbook called "Hebden Workbook", which is totally a rubbish(and cost me 25 bucks).
I am studying Chemistry 11 in a province of Canada.
All those stuff being taught are so easy that mostly I learned them right before I migrated to Canada.
Crappy stuff in Grade 8-9 level.......
Crappy book, so think and so many useless information.
Crappy teacher, hard tests which classmates complain a lot.

[BaO]

yes , chem 11 is pretty easy. but for me chem 12 is much more interesting.

[peterkd]

Thank you send it for me!can you tell me how can i buy it ??

[ShadowsInRed]

The one I am using is Exploring Creation with Chemistry: Second Edition by Dr. Jay L. Wile. He did a great job of explaining things and giving examples. I like it.

[Vidad]

how about "chemistry 12 -a workbook for students" ? by Hebden.i really liked it. has anyone got this book?

ya, that's the text i'm attempting to work through
 

[AlwaysINXS]

I use "Nelson's Chemistry" by Nelson Thomson Learning. I think its a very basic, watered down version of chemistry but it does have good summaries in the margins which is helpful when it comes time for studying.

[wolfman]

Second to all the zumdahl and chang.

[sxdxland]

yes it's a good book,i think.

[kanzure]

Not specifically high school level, but McGrayne's Prometheans in the Lab book from 2001 was intriguing and went over many topics that I would otherwise not know of:

This book is about the scientific roots of our modern way of life. It tells the story of nine pioneering chemists whose discoveries solved critical problems in their lifetimes. Their discoveries--white clothes, cheap soap and sugar, brightly colored washable fabric, clean water, fertilizer, powerful aviation and automotive fuel, safe refrigerants, synthetic textiles, pesticides, and lead-free fuel and food--were enthusiastically embraced by the buying public. Few of us today would want to do without them. In time, however, some of these scientific discoveries--even those that in their day made major reforms--produced their own set of difficulties. In each case where this occurred, the burden of identifying and solving the problem fell to science.

The one improvement to the book would be the inclusion of the pioneers behind analytical instrumentation (spectroscopes and others), but still an interesting read and it was well worth my time.

- Bryan

[Redsea]

It's a good book

[echonet]

Were using something called "Chemistry: The Science In Context". It seems to be a very good book, and has enough well crafted practice problems in it so I can feel like I know what I'm doing

[tabby124]

At my school, we go by Modern Chemistry by Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. It is a concise book with good explanations. It is a good aid after teachings to review.

[sherlockcan]

would anyone please share me some ebook especially about organic? thank so much !

[JGK]

would anyone please share me some ebook especially about organic? thank so much !

http://ebookdeck.blogspot.com/2008/08/organic-chemistry-6th-edition-morrison.html

[speaking silence]

hey Mitch...the Chemistry of Linus PAuling...is it available on net...as [e-book...coz its not possible for me to buy it ....plzz tell me ...in advance thnx

[Mitch]

Exchanging copyrighted material is a no-no here.

[speaking silence]

ahan...okies.. thnx Mitch..okies any e-book of GEneral Chemistry..which i can find here on net...

[Uma]

Hi

Zumdhal is the best high school /Ap chemistry book.This book is good even for general chemistry of college level.
Try to get good power points from some good websites for a quick review of important stuff during examinations.
I advise you one website which is really good for free help-

http://chemtopper.com/

[quantumpanda]

I like Chang.  I used for the last couple of years his Essential Chemistry book and it's nice and concise, and gives you pretty much all you need for high school Chem/AP Chem.
I used Zumdahl last year.  It was pretty good too, but I prefer Chang still.

[Gerry]

The best books i have studied: Raymond Chang, fessenden, petrucci,and Francis A.Carey (Organic Chemistry)

[Stephen]

Just one more thing
I don't know how do you call it, you know not book but a book  in which there are a lot of exercises not theory just exercises!?How do you call it!? :DWell I want to know the name of the best ,,that kind of book,, of nonorganic chemistry to practise a little bit!?Do you know some good book!?It can be a little bit harder not a problem but to have and easier exercises too.

[Stephen]

Ooh as I can see you call it workbook, well what's the best workbook for chemistry for a little bit upper level, i need it for exercising for competition for chemistry for third grade of high school don't know how do you watch that.....I mean I learn chemistry 5 years so tell me what would be the best workbook for me I have books so I need workbook?!?

[Cwin]

My AP chem class used Problem Solving for Chemistry by Edward Peters.
I LOVED the book. It's dense to get through but it really teaches you equilibrium/electrochem/gas laws/solutions/decent thermo. For an odd reason, they did not have a chapter on kinetics... The problems are all word problems with examples borrowed from real world chemistry problems.

[408]

I must second the motion that an undergrad textbook is better.  They always both start at the same level, but the undergrad ones do not oversimplify like high school ones do.  I remeber my high school book said carboxylic acids react with amines forming amides.  I was sorely dissappointed when the experiment I did at home failed.

[putchi_punch]

I think you can use the book, Chemistry: The Central Science, 9e by Brown, Lemay, Bursten and Burdge...this is a nice book....all its contents are specific and easy to analyze. Try this book...

[Excelinthewall]

I think it's better Bruice's Organic Chemistry  than Brown This book has many example to understand and many exercise!

[OrganicSynthesis]

I've never met another person who enjoyed this book like I did, but I used General Chemistry by Ebbing and Gammon. I still use it, even though I have access to Zumdahl.

[scratfin]

For High School Students

 
Title: General Chemistry
Author: Linus Pauling
Description: To be honest I've never liked any high school chemistry book. So, I'm recommending this older undergraduate text. This has everything any highschooler could wish to learn and goes over the fundamentals well.--Mitch

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It had a great rating (Keep in mind I haven't read it so I don't have such a strong say) but isn't it possibly a bit out of date?  I read that this book is almost 60 years old....Is the generally important information up to date?

[blurry]

well, Im an International Baccalaureate student, and I find the textbook we use generally useful most of the time, and it is great if you are also an IB student.
The name is Higher Level Chemistry, by Catrin Brown and Mike Ford, published by Person.

It provides with a thorough explanation of every topic covered by the IB program, with excellent example questions and some more practice questions, all from past papers, with the correct answers and mark schemes at the back.

and whats best about it is that it offers little advices everywhere about what the examiners like to ask in the exams, and all the definitions and facts that are important to remember are highlighted concisely in boxes. and it also devotes a whole section to writing the correct lab report with the criteria. it also helps with the process of writing the Extended Essay in chemistry and careers in chemistry.

[chenbot]

My AP chem book. It's really good. Both HL and SL kids use it.



Author: Zumdahl and Zumdahl
Title: Chemistry
Edition: 6
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
For Advanced High School Courses
ISBN: 0-618-26505-8
Full color pages
1102 Pages
88 Appendix pages

[robj6767]

My highschool chemistry class never even used a text, we were taught everything through notes, and labs

[oxyflo]

I know it's going to sound like a regressive suggestion, but Chemistry for Dummies. Amazingly descript, clear, basic introduction for any and all high school students exploring chemistry. I have many textbooks on chemistry, from principles to organic and the like. But for Dummies was an excellent addition, and will be a MAJOR help, especially to those who don't plan to take chemistry very far. It may be lackluster or useless for the advanced chemist, but will surely aid any newbie. I just use it as a basic reference to the fundamentals.

[mrteverett]

For my honors level classes, I use Hein/Arena's Foundations of College Chemistry.  It's a real meat and potatoes book probably designed for non-majors.  It's straight to the point, lightweight, and features plenty of problems at the end of each chapter.  Every edition has had penguins on the cover, so that's one way to know if you've come across it.

[Mitch3412]

For those who would rather not buy the books or would like to check out all of the options I would recommend checking out wikibooks.org which apparently is able to have an entire books contents legally posted.