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"Can Munowitz write or what!" exclaimed one advance reviewer of this extraordinary new text.
Read a few pages, and you'll see what all the excitement is about. Intended primarily for college freshmen, this exceptionally lucid, carefully paced, elegantly designed, well-illustrated volume will appeal to curious readers of any age who want to know more about the innermost workings of the "central science." In the words of another advance reviewer, the Munowitz book "reveals the beauty of chemistry in an unusual, graceful, narrative style. Compared with standard textbooks, it is poetic." This book is unusual in several respects. Perhaps the most obvious, at first glance, is the distinctive pattern of white and gray stripes that appear when you view its pages edge-on. The striped pattern is a superficial manifestation of a novel's internal structure. Unlike a standard chemistry textbook, in which each chapter is fragmented into a hodgepodge of disparate parts--text, boxed features, worked exercises, solved and unsolved problems, in-chapter and end-of-chapter summaries, miscellaneous decorative elements-- each chapter in Principles of Chemistry has a much simpler organization: an uninterrupted narrative core (white pages), followed by a Review and Guide to Problems section (gray pages). In short: principles first, then practice. The tutorial, problem-solving sections at the ends of the chapters amount, in effect, to a built-in study guide, thus obviating the need for a separate volume of this type. In addition, the long run of predominantly white pages at the back of the book consists, for the most part, of an unusually complete set of appendices devoted to such important matters as nomenclature, mathematics, assorted tables, and a glossary. Taken just by themselves, then, the white pages that constitute the first, narrative parts of the book's 21 chapters add up to a fairly modest-sized book-within-a-book-- at least by comparison with other texts for the introductory general chemistry course. And what a book it is! As the reviewers' comments quoted elsewhere attest, the novel intrachapter organization of the Munowitz text contributes to another of this book's distinctive features: its remarkably coherent "story line." The main driving force here, though, is the extraordinary power and clarity of the author's writing by far the most remarked-upon special attribute of this book. Just crack it open anywhere and start reading, and you'll see what all the fuss is about.- Sales Rank: #106880 in Books
- Brand: Unknown
- Published on: 1999-07-17
- Ingredients: Example Ingredients
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 10.40" h x 2.20" w x 7.70" l, 5.55 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 1616 pages
- Used Book in Good Condition
Review
Can Munowitz write or what! His hortatory, grab-'em-by-the-scruff-of-the-neck-and-don't-let-go-until-they-get-it style is great! It moves along and is not boring. Here is an author with enthusiasm and a point of view. The problems are even interesting I worked some out myself just for the fun of it. -- John J. Alexander, University of Cincinnati
I particularly like the author's very careful and detailed discussions of the physical mechanisms behind the various equations that he presents. I know of no introductory textbook in which this is done as well. -- Colin MacKay, Haverford College
If I wanted a student to learn the material on his or her own, I'd hand them Munowitz. -- Robert Cave, Harvey Mudd College
Relegating the 'gritty practicality' to the review and problems section at the end of the chapter makes possible a more focused and seamless introduction to the concepts, which makes possible more engaging writing. The extended summary allows repetition and recapitulation of the concepts, which I think may enhance retention of the material. Clustering the problems and using an engaging 'dialogue' to introduce and relate them helps the students see a scientist's thinking modeled. -- Michael Fuson, Denison University
The text reveals the beauty of chemistry in an unusual, graceful narrative style. Compared to standard textbooks, it is poetic.... The presentation of problems is unusual and particularly attractive.... By postponing instruction on problems until the end of the chapter, Munowitz avoids interruptions in the compelling narrative and invites undivided attention to the problems when they are addressed. The concise power of Munowitz's writing is most evident in the Introduction, which tells what chemistry is better than any other text I know. -- Henry Griffin, University of Michigan
This is an amazing book. It's not just beautifully written or perfectly accurate or entrancing to read, although it is all that. What is more important is that it practices what it describes, namely the scientific search for truth. Munowitz's attention to the exact meanings of individual words mirrors a similar scrupulousness with respect to the macroscopic structure--the book. The effect is as captivating as a suspense novel. I have simply never come across a chemistry text so well written . . .. It is well known that most incoming freshmen who intend to major in science change their minds in the first year, probably because of the massive tedium of introductory curricula. Many manage to pass only by rote memorization of words that have no meaning for them--mass, force, energy, etc. This book has the capacity to change that. -- Edward T. Samulski, University of North Carolina
[The Munowitz text] takes a principles-driven approach that displays the unity and coherence of the physical sciences by emphasizing the relationship between microscopic structure and macroscopic properties. The author writes with a crisp, direct, no nonsense, yet polished style. The analogies are appropriate, the imagery vivid, and the science accurate.... The book represents a paradigm shift and promises to be the text for the next millennium. -- James Harrison, Michigan State University
About the Author
Michael Munowitz is a full-time science writer. A graduate of Yale University, he earned a Ph.D. in chemical physics from Harvard University and has held postdoctoral appointments at the University of Leiden and the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author most recently of Principles of
Chemistry, described by one reviewer as "the best-written general chemistry book I have ever read." He lives in Naperville, Illinois.
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61 of 61 people found the following review helpful.
Beautifully written, but the devil is in the details
By David Dennis
I'm sure that after reading all these blatantly contradictory reviews, you're a bit confused about this textbook. Is it the best thing since sliced bread, or is it something to be avoided at all costs?
Well, the complex truth is that it's both.
This book was written by someone who loves the subject, who's passionate about it, and that really shows in his writing. After reading flat and boring textbooks that read as though they were produced by sadists, all of a sudden you get an eloquent tribute to the wonderful, inspiring aspects of the field.
As a result, it appeals greatly to Chemistry teachers, especially the best ones - the ones who want to genuinely show their passion for the subject and inspire their students. And I don't blame those teachers. If I were one, I'd be strongly tempted to assign this book, because it is, well, actually good. Who wants to reward mediocrity in a world that's drab and dull enough?
So why are students less than appreciative?
Well, what you are expected to do in Chemistry is get through it. You're expected to do the math and solve the problems and pass the tests. It is not, from what I have seen, a subject that inspires students. It's one they have to survive.
And this book does not give students the tools they need to survive. Concepts like molecular weights and empirical formula -- boring concepts, but ones necessary to solve every chemistry problem that exists -- are glossed over at warp speed, dismissed in a single paragraph. They are relegated into the dreaded "R-pages", the segments of the book devoted to problem solving.
You are not asked to solve simple problems; you are plunged straight into complex, multilayered ones. Do not accuse this textbook of talking down to the reader! The problem is that it doesn't talk down to the reader enough, it just assumes that concepts like molecular weight are blindingly obvious. It dismisses them as simple stuff for simple minds and goes on at 500 miles an hour to show you the great stuff.
Whenever I picked up this book in an effort to entertain, it fascinated me. But when I looked to it to help me solve a problem, it was worse than useless. It send me right back in the arms of a boring chemistry textbook that took the time to lay things out clearly.
This is a depressing review to write, because I really wanted to give this book five stars. The writing is that good. But I can't, since as a textbook, a book designed to teach people what they need to know to pass the exam, it's a complete failure.
Shed a tear. This one is close to greatness ... and fails out of hubris.
But I love flipping through it anyway.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful.
great for mature learners
By A Customer
This book beautifully expalins the basic principles of chemistry. It is meant to be used by mature learners who understand what learning a subject is really about. Unfortuntely, most college students nowadays think learning is spitting out what they just swallowed without going through their mind. Our secondary education just does not prepare them well enough to use texts like this. They should start with a more traditional textbook and later on use this book to enhance their conceptual understaning of chemical principles.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful.
Conceptually wonderful, but a nightmare applicably
By Abigail Nussey
I am a student of a reviewer above, and although he may find the text to be conceptually enlightening, for a student of first year chemistry applying it is a joke! Munowitz sets up his chapters unconventionally -- he explains concepts and 'derives' equations in the first part of the chapter, and then has a 'gray section' at the back of the chapter which contains problems and examples. Often the gray sections seem alien to the chapter before it: finding out how a redox reaction runs is much more concrete than describing what a Lewis base is. In order for Munowitz to be more effective, he must include his example in the body of the chapter itself, and marry concepts with applications. It is notable to include that the average grade on exams for students who take this class using the Munowitz book is about 50%, and most are very hardworking!
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