The outline of the book pages in PDF version need to be improved to help with the readability of the material. The images and graphics need to be properly positioned in PDF version as well. The online version lacks glossary as well but the navigation bar and Table of contents are appreciated.
Although the subject coverage of the book is satisfactory, I would change the order of topics in some chapters and eliminate the overlap materials.
The formatting issues of PDF version and organization of the topics in some chapters make it difficult to adapt this textbook as a standalone teaching book. Some of the terminology used by the Authors been abandoned and replaced by the recent authors of the general chemistry books. For example in chapter 5, section 5. Although those terminology used in this book are correct, they are not up to date and if this textbook is used in conjunction with the other general chemistry book may cause confusion among the students.
In general the book has been written with good accuracy. The basic fundamental principles of chemistry are still intact and relevant and the book's content is up to date. I am not sure about the accuracy of the history of chemistry. It needs to be thoroughly examined based on the true historical facts.
With all computer programming languages like html, j query and other programming tools already implemented in both PDF and online version of any book, it is easy to add, edit and update any textbook.
A concise and clear written style would be more interesting. It would help the students to capture the essence of the topics by showing the step by step calculations using Equation Editor. From my own experience I know that students have hard time to grasp the dimensional analysis problems if solutions are not demonstrated with the proper format. The textbook is quite consistent in used terminology and manner of , writing style and presenting the topics.
The lack of table of contents and navigation bar in PDF version make it hard to find a specific topic. Adding page number and header on the top of pages to show the specific chapter are recommended. I rated 4 the online version for its organized manner. The PDF doesn't have that degree of organization due to the layout and formatting issues. If I am to adapt this textbook, I would definitely change the order of some topics for several chapters to make it compatible with my educational system syllabus.
The PDF version needs a dramatic formatting change. The online version needs a glossary, page number, header to show the relevant chapter and the missing images should be fixed. There is overlay of the scrolling pages over the navigation bar that can be fixed by a computer programmer. I didn't come across a grammatical errors but in PDF versions there are many cases of spelling errors caused by the elimination of spaces between words. The online version of the textbook has a good coverage of the subject and I'm considering to introduce it to my students as an option to save money.
The order of topics in several chapters and lack of proper formatting issues are the major drawbacks for me in adapting this textbook for my teaching. That being said, I greatly appreciate the efforts of the authors for taking time to produce this textbook.
The book covers the essentials of a first year chemistry course, but it lacks depth and "readability". Indeed, this text could not be used as a standalone teaching option.
Also, the text book would benefit from additional pictures and tables, anything to break up the eternal monotony of the words used in the text. I deeply appreciate the time that went into creating a book like this; however, small details would benefit the reader and student of chemistry greatly. The textbook was written in , so up to this date, the book seems very relevant. An update would, as always, be appreciated! The text uses a readable prose style. Although not super exciting, it is quite clear and consistent….
The text is very consistent in its terminology and framework. I did not see overlapping definitions, or exceptions to previous sections, etc. With the exception of the first chapter, I found the text readily divisible into smaller segments.
This would be quite useful in a seminar course, or perhaps a course over a specific segment of chemistry…. However, the first chapter - and arguably the most important - seems to blend together in an undividable cluster…. Instead the introduction topics mesh and overlap each other, and I'd probably need a second textbook to augment this book were I to adopt it for my classes. I realize the option to make a text divisible is the prerogative of the authors, but it would be nice to have such a feature available.
The text is organized in a logical and very clear fashion. The format follows established progressions as set by other chemistry textbook authors…. I was quite surprised that the beginning of the textbook did not have a table of contents in the PDF version.
The website and online version had a table of contents…. Also, to increase the readability of the material, adding in colorful pictures, diagrams, tables and examples would be wonderful: the text is rather dry at the moment, which I find disenchanting since the material is so fraught with wonder and awe. The text did not rely on "he" or "she" and remained mostly gender neutral. I saw nothing in the text which would exclude specific races, ethnicities or backgrounds.
I appreciate the considerable efforts by the authors to create this text, and I wish to thank them for sharing their work with the public in this arena - thank you! If you ever decide to write a new version or if you are considering adopting this book for your own classes , it would be nice to have some post information included; also, PLEASE include a table of contents in the PDF version of the textbook!!!
The addition of additional pictures, diagrams, tables, etc. Overall I like this book, and given a few additions and changes, it would be great as well. It is well organized and is laid out in the traditional approach.
Each chapter contains graphics and illustrations, Each chapter contains graphics and illustrations, though many images are missing - labeled as permanently unavailable. This is especially evident in chapter 14 Kinetics , with minor omissions in just about every chapter. Minor formatting issues in chapter I think the text certainly could benefit from additional exercises, as well as perhaps adding a section of challenging exercises. Customization of the text for use in any general chemistry course is certainly possible.
As far as I can judge, the content is accurate and I did not come across any major flaws or misconceptions. The text is laid out such that it would be very easy to add to each section as necessary. At this point, applications within the text are current and will be able to be used for quite some time figure 2. I would like to see a few more current events, figures, tables, or links to current events, woven into the text.
The chemistry book has been written to reflect the traditional order of topics. I feel that the layout along with the nature of the book allows for any changes if a different arrangement of topics is what is desired by the curriculum. I opted to review the online version rather than downloading the pdf. Navigation of the text was easy using my PC and I did not come across any issues of loading of images.
Some of the images seem to be relatively small and I was wondering how these would look on a smaller tablet or IPad which is what many of my students use. Also, all chapters have links that refer back to previous chapters but none of the links opened on my PC.
This book is very nicely written and easy to follow. The content is accurate, the text comprehensive and could easily be used in a general chemistry curriculum. It is a great online chemistry book and I would certainly think about adopting it for our general chemistry courses in the future.
However, at this point, it is not quite ready to be used as there are formatting issues and many missing images which distract from the otherwise very well written text. The text is designed to serve biological and biomedical students, engineering students, general education students, health sciences students, pre-medical science students, and science majors requiring at least one year course in general chemistry The text is designed to serve biological and biomedical students, engineering students, general education students, health sciences students, pre-medical science students, and science majors requiring at least one year course in general chemistry and the text contains all of the required material and topics to accomplish this task.
This textbook is a precursor to students who will be studying organic I chemistry and those students who may have to study advanced inorganic chemistry after the freshman and sophomore years, even the former section is too short in nature.
The text lacks a table of contents, index or a glossary and the lack of these entities is a serious deficiency. There are some very serious formatting issues which may have been the result of converting from a. The online version has a warning in some places, i. The image is permanently unavailable. There are also formatting problems with subscripts in chemical formulas NOT appearing as subscripts, again a formatting issue.
This issue is more predominant in the pdf version, where fractions are not shown. It would have been wise for the authors to use Equation Editor to write mathematical equations and use ChemDraw for the structures and major equations followed by saving the files in the. The pdf version is way too long 2.
The textbook has some errors in conjunction with the formatting mentioned in question 1 from above. One case is where the electronic configurations of Cr and Cu are not correct. In another case, the magnitude and the units are not separated by a space, e. The history of chemistry should have been researched as the history of chemistry is very biased towards Europeans versus other races who really have been practicing chemistry for many years.
The text and its examples are both relevant and timeless; the classic Haber-Bosch Process for the production of ammonia is an example. Topics such as thermochemistry, electrochemistry, nuclear chemistry are some of the topics that I learned as a high school student at The Lodge School in Barbados in the s.
Such topics will be around for many years to come. One thing to note, If instructors adopting this textbook had access to the original document as a MS Word document; then required updates would be simple and straightforward; as editing the textbook in converting a. The textbook is more than adequate in terms of clarity, however some of the example calculations would benefit from additional formatting as soon as possible.
It is best to use Equation Editor to write the answers, and show the answers and equations, line by line, where dimensional analysis would be easier to understand. A good example is in the use of this problem: Ethanol has an enthalpy of vaporization of The compound has a vapor pressure of 1. At what temperature is the vapor pressure equal to 0. Also, the calculations involving percentage abundances should be rewritten. The textbook needs some overhaul in some areas, especially the topic involving transition metal chemistry.
The textbook is very consistent in terminology and presentation, even with all of the errors and formatting within. All of the typical topics for a year-long general chemistry course are present, but having a table of contents the textbook would be very modular.
Personally, chapter 8 should have been merged with chapter 2. All thermochemical topics and problems should have been in one chapter. A chapter with covalent and ionic bonds should have presented along with Lewis dot structures.
A more definitive chapter on mathematical concepts should have been the first chapter, inclusive of logarithms, indices, standard notation, and significant figures, and some brief statistical analysis.
See my answer for question 6. Some of the topics could have been reorganized and be combined as some appear to be segregated. The last chapter involving organic chemistry was tacked on and appeared to be rushed to make a comprehensive textbook. Simply put; there are just too many errors in equation both chemical and mathematical formatting to make this text useable.
See my answer to question 1. It would be wise for the authors to have an English proof reader read this online textbook and correct this and all grammatical errors. We need to have future STEM scientists write manuscripts and textbooks that are free of grammatical errors. This is a chemistry textbook that will be very useful for all races as chemistry is a universal science. As such, we at ODU, are always looking for ways to lower the cost of their education without a compromise in quality.
I am very excited to learn of the Open Textbook Library as a method of reducing textbook costs, and was hopeful that this textbook would have met the needs of such students. Unfortunately, at this moment in time, because of the significant formatting issues and the way the content is presented, I am unable to recommend this text to the instructors who teach at the freshman level.
If in the future the problems I have highlighted in this review are corrected, I would be willing to recommend this textbook to the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Old Dominion University.
There are two versions of this text, an online version and a pdf version, with a significant difference in quality between them. The pdf version does not have a table of contents, glossary, appendix or index, making it extremely difficult to The pdf version does not have a table of contents, glossary, appendix or index, making it extremely difficult to navigate, and leaving out the reference aspect of a textbook.
The online version, on the other hand, contains all of these things, and follows the table of contents accordingly. Again, there is a difference between the online version and the pdf one.
The online version is formatted correctly, so that mathematical equations and calculations line up appropriately and all symbols, superscripts, etc. This formatting is lost in the pdf version, making it difficult to follow the examples even as a professor in the subject. These accuracy issues apply only due to formatting in the pdf version. I found no inaccurate information, calculations or equations when reading through the online version.
As general chemistry concepts are not changing, I find no longevity issues. The examples given are relevant to the real world, and tie in nicely with things that the students are better able to understand.
The only issue would be those formatting ones that would be necessary updates for the pdf version. The text itself is clear and well written, but again, the formatting within the pdf version makes it hard to understand and follow. Again, the online version is much better, but I cannot expect all of my students to remain online to read their textbook.
Terminology and framework is consistent. I did not find any significant changes in how the material was presented or the terms used. The online version is easy to parse into small sections or pieces, enabling you to assign different sections at different points in time. The pdf version would be impossible, as there is no table of contents, and it is trial and error with a lot of scrolling to find out where you are.
There are no additional indicators or labels of section numbers or chapters except at the beginning of each chapter or section.
If the examples or exercises in the sections and chapters were numbered with the chapter and section, that'd make it a lot easier. The topics are presented in a logical order for a typical science major oriented curriculum.
The flow is good. Navigation and the interface on the online version is good. Occasionally, when you are scrolling through worked examples with equations or calculations, that top navigation menu is visible, but you cannot click on it. This issue stops when you scroll away from those areas.
There are also images and figures within the online version that show up as "permanently unavailable". The pdf version is very difficult to navigate, and the lack of formatting makes the text blend together and is difficult and monotonous to read. The images that are "permanently unavailable" in the online version do show up in the pdf version, but all of the equation and calculation formatting make them show up in a long string of characters, with the loss of any LaTeX or html formatting.
While I did not find anything that was culturally insensitive or offensive, I also did not find much that showed human culture at all. While the overall text and content of the textbook are the same in both versions, the online version is a much better textbook than the pdf version. The pdf version's lack of formatting, table of contents, glossary, index and appendices make it an unusable textbook. There does not appear to be an index or glossary in the. The textbook does cover all the major topics typical of a first year General Chemistry course, as well as some of the more popular additional topics that are The textbook does cover all the major topics typical of a first year General Chemistry course, as well as some of the more popular additional topics that are sometimes covered if there is sufficient time.
Although the text can be searched for keywords quite easily, the lack of an index or glossary would make it difficult for a student to use this textbook if they were not familiar enough with the subject to be able to choose appropriate keywords to search.
The content appears to be accurate in its intent; however, the errors and omissions in the. Implementing updates could be a challenge given the static nature of the. The text of this textbook is clearly written and should be quite accessible to entry-level students. The terminology and voice of the textbook is consistent, although many of the formatting and technical errors can cause problems in this consistency.
The textbook should be reliably modular, although the errors make it difficult to use in any manner. The organization is appropriate. Structure and flow are significantly disrupted by the formatting and technical errors. This is a disappointing example of an online open textbook.
The formatting is quite simply horrible with many missing figures, repeated sections of the text, poorly or incorrectly formatted figures or equations and other presumably technical problems that make the text essentially unusable.
There are occasional grammatical and typographical errors throughout, but they do not significantly impact the readability of the text.
The figures used in the. While this prevents over- or under-representation on any group, it is disappointing that the authors do not choose to feature the human side of chemistry more prominently, as would be consistent with their stated objectives to make chemistry more relatable to the student. This would also be an opportunity to proactively feature chemists and other scientists from traditionally under-represented groups to serve as aspirational role models for the students using the textbook.
This open textbook is disappointing. Averil has authored some quality texts in the past, so I am unsure if the problems lie with the author, or the publisher, or just the randomness of software interpretation when uploading and downloading large files.
I suspect that all parties involved in the publication of this open textbook bear responsibility for the poor quality product they have provided. Contributions of this poor quality do an extreme disservice to the open textbook community by giving naysayers an example of what appears to be shoddily pieced together content.
I downloaded the. This is the only format available directly from the University of Minnesota open textbook webpage. The stated philosophy of the textbook is sound, and I appreciate its intent. My approach to general chemistry is similar and I would welcome a reliable textbook especially an open textbook that aligns well with my preferences. The technical errors in this textbook are glaring and should be unacceptable.
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