by Henry a. Bent (Author)
MOLECULES AND THE CHEMICAL BOND Chemistry Simplified This highly original book by a famous chemistry teacher about general chemistry in a new key may change how teachers teach - - Atomic Theory - The Mole Concept and Avogadro's Constant - The Gas Laws - Solving Problems in Chemical Stoichiometry - The Saturation and Directional Character of Chemical Affinity - The Pauli Exclusion Principle - Linnett's Double Spin Set Theory - Pauling's Rules of Crystal Chemistry - The Octet Rule - Lewis Structures for O2, NO, CO, SO2 and SO3 - Construction of Bond Diagrams - VSEPR Theory - Dative Bonding - Multicenter Bonding - Bonding in Metals - pH Calculations - The Periodic Table - The Energy Function and the First Law of Thermodynamics - The Entropy Function and the Second Law of Thermodynamics - How an Inductive Science Advances