Description
Book SynopsisKAREN TIMBERLAKE is Professor Emerita of chemistry at Los Angeles Valley College, where she taught chemistry for allied health and preparatory chemistry for 36 years. She received her bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Washington and her master's degree in biochemistry from the University of California at Los Angeles.
Professor Timberlake has been writing chemistry textbooks for 40 years. During that time, her name has become associated with the strategic use of pedagogical tools that promote student success in chemistry and the application of chemistry to real-life situations. More than one million students have learned chemistry using texts, laboratory manuals, and study guides written by Karen Timberlake. In addition to General, Organic and Biological Chemistry, 6th Edition, she is also the author of An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, 13th Edition, with the accompanying Study Guide and Se
Table of Contents
Brief Contents
- Chemistry in Our Lives
- Chemistry and Measurements
- Matter and Energy
- Atoms and Elements
- Nuclear Chemistry
- Ionic and Molecular Compounds
- Chemical Reactions and Quantities
- Gases
- Solutions
- Reaction Rates and Chemical Equilibrium
- Acids and Bases
- Introduction to Organic Chemistry: Hydrocarbons
- Alcohols, Phenols, Thiols, and Ethers
- Aldehydes and Ketones
- Carbohydrates
- Carboxylic Acids and Esters
- Lipids
- Amines and Amides
- Amino Acids and Proteins
- Enzymes and Vitamins
- Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis
- Metabolic Pathways for Carbohydrates
- Metabolism and Energy Production
- Metabolic Pathways for Lipids and Amino Acids
