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Chemistry for the IB Diploma – Chris Talbot

Friday, January 1st, 2010



Name: Chemistry for the IB Diploma
Author: Chris Talbot
Publisher: Hodder Education
Published: 30 April 2010
Pages: 688
ISBN: 0340985054

My Review

This is the book I’ve been waiting for since I discovered Biology for the IB Diploma by C.J Clegg last year. As per my review for the Biology book from the same publisher, I expect this book to be equally amazing. I’ve pre-ordered it and am counting down the days to its release!

The Biology book is everything one could want or need for their studies, and I expect this book to be exactly the same, if not better. I’ll provide a full review when I receive the book and have used it for a couple of weeks to get a good feel for it.

The book is available for a 25% discounted price of £24.38 in the UK, and for those of you not living in the UK, you can order for the same price.

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Chemistry Standard Level (Heinemann Baccalaureate)(Pearson Baccalaureate) – Catrina Brown & Mike Ford – Update December 2009

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009



Name: Chemistry Standard Level (Heinemann Baccalaureate)
Author: Catrina Brown & Mike Ford
Publisher: Heinemann Baccalaureate (Pearson Baccalaureate)
Published: 2008
Pages: 552
ISBN: 0435994255

My Review

I am also waiting for this book to be delivered! I will write up my review it when it gets here. Take a look at the Sample Chapters and you’ll see why I’ve ordered it! I really like the Heinemann IB Books! Feel free to submit a review yourself if you have the book!

I’ve had this book for a few months now and feel it’s time to submit a review for it! It’s a very good book, everything is very clearly laid out and easy to take in. There are diagrams, tables and also little boxes throughout the book that prompt thought in the areas of Theory of Knowledge (Very useful for the ToK essay and ToK presentation).

Overall, I think that Heinemann / Pearson have done it again, producing a very high quality book that will be sure to help you through your IB Chemistry studies!

You can download these two sample chapters from the book, provided by Heinemann.
Chaper One
Chaper Four

Unfortunately, Heinemann / Pearson have taken the sample chapters down off of their website, I will update the above links should they re publish the sample chapters.

Contents of Book
Introduction
1. Quantitative chemistry
2. Atomic structure
3. Periodicity
4. Bonding
5. Energetics
6. Kinetics
7. Equilibrium
8. Acids and bases
9. Oxidation and reduction
10. Organic chemistry
11. Measurement and data processing
12. (Option A) Modern analytical chemistry
13. (Option B) Human bio-chemistry
14. (Option C) Chemistry in industry and technology
15. (Option D) Medicines and drugs
16. (Option E) Environmental chemistry
17. (Option F) Food chemistry
18. (Option G) Further organic chemistry
Theory of Knowledge
Advice on Internal Assessment
Advice on the Extended Essay
Answers
Index

This book is available from around £22.50 or $40.

The series of ‘Heinemann Baccalaureate’ books has changed names to ‘Pearsons Baccalaureate’. This post has been updated accordingly.

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Pearson Baccalaureate: Higher Level Chemistry – Catrin Brown and Mike Ford

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

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Name: Pearson Baccalaureate: Higher Level Chemistry
Author: Catrin Brown and Mike Ford
Publisher: Pearson Baccalaureate (Heinemann Baccalaureate)
Published: 4th September 2009
Pages: 944
ISBN: 0435994409

My Review

This book is due to be released within the next couple of weeks.

This book has been a long time coming! I own the standard level version on this book and it is fantastic! If this higher level book is anything like the standard level book (I’m very sure of this) then it’s going to be a very useful book with lots of great diagrams and a fantastic breakdown of content!

This book is available for £37.99 and is currently available to preorder until the release in the first week of September 2009 when it will be available for immediate dispatch. This maybe be a little more expensive than the other books, but it is sure to be a good investment into securing a very good grade for IB Chemistry, Higher.

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IB Diploma Programme: Chemistry Course Companion – Geoffrey Neuss

Monday, March 23rd, 2009



Name: IB Diploma Programme: Chemistry Course Companion
Author: Geoffrey Neuss
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Pages: 416
ISBN: 0199151466

My Review

I’ve heard some good things about this book from friends. I don’t take Chemistry as a subject so I am not able to review it! But I can imagine that this book will be just as great as the other books published by the Oxford University Press! I will try and get a friend that takes Chemistry to review this book, but for now it is up to you to review this book! You can review the book by using the comment system.

This book is available for around £19 or $38.

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