Chemistry in Focus

The main goals of this text are to develop students' appreciation for the molecular world and stress the fundamental role it plays in our daily lives. It also strives to help students understand the major scientific, technological, and environmental issues affecting our society.
To accomplish these goals, the author has made extensive efforts to clearly identify and explain connections between the molecular world and macroscopic world as well as between principles and applications. The Third Edition of CHEMISTRY IN FOCUS adds new pedagogy and technological resources, such as OWL for Liberal Arts, that further enhance learning and appreciation of the molecular world.

Ideal for the instructor who plans to use OWL, this Seventh Edition of Zumdahl and DeCoste's best-selling INTRODUCTORY CHEMISTRY: A FOUNDATION is now offered in this unique, value-based, paperbound edition.

The sixth edition of Introductory Chemistry continues in goals we have pursued for the first five editions: to make chemistry interesting, accessible, and understandable to the beginning student. For this edition, we have included additional support for instructors and students to help achieve these goals.

In revising Introductory Chemistry we have rededicated ourselves to the goals we pursued in the first four editions: to make chemistry interesting, accessible, and understandable to the beginning student. For this edition, we have added unprecedented instructor support and additional student study support to further these goals in today’s chemistry classroom.