Book description
Many fundamental concepts must be mastered before a student can make
progress in organic chemistry. This book provides a relatively rigorous
discussion of these underlying principles and can make a significant
difference in the student's ability to learn organic chemistry. The
progressive disclosure (programmed) style will contain short sections of
material that will be followed by a question (and answer) that helps the
student understand and master the material covered in that chapter.
Many of these questions will also include sufficient review that makes
the task of memorization easier, particularly for the nomenclature.
CLAUDE H. YODER has been teaching general chemistry for over forty
years. During that time, he has published over 130 scientific articles
and three texts. He has also won many awards and honors throughout his
career, including the ACS Undergraduate Research Award in 1994, and
his most recent, the E. Emmett Reid ACS Award in 2008.
PHYLLIS A. LEBER is currently a professor at Franklin & Marshall
College. Dr. Leber has been teaching general and organic chemistry for
over thirty years. During that time, she has won many awards and
honors, and more recently, the Dr. E. Paul and Frances H. Reiff
Professor Endowed Chair in 2001 and the Bradley R. Dewey Scholarship
Award from Franklin & Marshall College in 2005. Dr. Leber has
published over forty articles throughout her career.
MARCUS W. THOMSEN is currently a professor at Franklin & Marshall
College and has been teaching for over twenty-five years. He has
taught general chemistry, organic chemistry, advanced organic
chemistry, and polymer chemistry.
