Anxious about atomic structure? Confounded by chemical equations? Panicked over the periodic table? Keep calm! The cure for chemistry confusion is in your hands, courtesy of this eighth book in the Stop Faking It! series.
Best-selling author Bill Robertson takes a fresh approach to chemistry fundamentals by helping you understand them from the ground up. So instead of hounding you to memorise the characteristics of atoms and the periodic table, this book helps you to see those characteristics as a natural consequence of our understanding of atomic structure.
You learn not just that atoms behave in certain ways, but why they behave in certain ways. You learn not just how to balance chemical equations, but why in the world you would want to balance chemical equations. You learn not just that carbon is a building block of thousands of organic compounds, but why carbon is suited for this purpose.
Too many teachers, parents and home-schoolers are face with helping other people understand science that they don't really understand themselves. With accurate explanations spiced up with Robertson's irresistible irreverence, Chemistry Basics will help you grasp chemistry at a level deep enough to teach it to others with confidence and comfort.
