chemistry book. which to choose? (1 Viewer)

[wrong_turn]

yes i realise this is the preliminary section. however, until feburary something. 2004 year 11's still rock this joint. well anyway, which chemistry book should i get to help me with my work. because i am totally struggling, and i need a textbook that might be able to help me.

cheers

 

[yulia]

Try pathways? Pathways is pretty good. In my personal opinion, avoid Conquering Chemistry by Roland Smith, how can a guy who can't explain anything in lectures when he can talk put it into words in a book?

 

[= Jennifer =]

you could post this in the chemistry forum for more of a response and even check out the buy and sell forums as you might be able to pick up a good bargain on some books

 

[Jaydels]

macquarie revision guide is excellent - it covers all the dotpoints thouroughly and its easy to understand

 

[Slidey]

Conqeuring Chemistry + Macquarie = Can't go wrong... well, not very wrong.

 

[Danoz The Great]

In my personal opinion, avoid Conquering Chemistry by Roland Smith

I TOTALLY AGREE, it is such a shit book.

 

[!! AAA !!]

I personally recommand Macquire, since it covers nearly everything

 

[tabularasa]

MAcquarie is excellent i find the structure of it easy to follow. Also spotlight is good though very heavy.

 

[*girl04*]

i use conquering .. only coz thats what our school brought .. it seems okay
whats everyones problems with it?

 

[Linda N]

I recommend Macquarie Revision Guide too. Umm.. u could try Chemistry Context 1 and Surfing. These books are okay but I used them for practice questions.

 

[Linda N]

Originally Posted by *girl04*
i use conquering .. only coz thats what our school brought .. it seems okay

I used conquering chemistry for school. It's alright coz the info are pretty comprehensive and there are some good info and questions, but i don't rely on one text book. However, i don't like the layout, style guide and the presentation of this book. It's good to use many textbooks to compare information.

 

[Sphyx]

definetely Conquering Chem and Macquarie.
Avoid Pathways - they seem convoluted and jump around the topics.

 

[rama_v]

Pathways is needlessly complicated. Conquering Chemistry has good exercises IMO but I dont know about the theory. We dont use textbooks at school, our teacher makes up her own notes and scabs them from a huge number of books.

 

[Casmira]

get surfing chem for excersises, macquire is good for summarised, spotlight goes indepth if youre really fucking confused

 

[stainmepink]

ask ur teacher! they sometimes take exam question from what books their using. ah! *nudge nudge*

 

[velox]

Yeah. Surfing is good for questions.

 

[**freakstar87**]

chem contexts+macquarie= excellent combination
haven't seen spotlight or surfing chem yet