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More than an Introduction to Chemistry

The Art of Chemistry – no previous experience required – is more than an introduction to chemistry. It provides you with a comprehensive, concise, and authoritative initiation into the core concepts of chemistry and its critical connections with physics and biology.
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target audience

Suitable for all ages from young adults. This book is for you if:
- You want to help with a young person's education
- You want to relearn forgotten teachings
- You wish to expand your scientific knowledge
- You're curious about chemistry but don't know where to start (as I was)
- You want a comprehensive science reference
- You're a science student craving a broader understanding
- You're an educator wanting an additional lesson design resource
about the author

Kevin Fisher
I was born in London and live in Swindon, Wiltshire, with my wife.
I left school aged 16 for a four-year apprenticeship with the Ministry of Defence, from which I obtained a Higher National Certificate in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
On leaving the MOD, I joined a multinational Information Technology corporation where, in a career spanning 30 years, I held numerous senior management positions in multiple technical roles.
technical accuracy

Proofread over a two-year period by five people:
- Rosemary Carrigan (BSc., PGCE)
- Nichola-Jane Iddon (B.A. Cantab)
- Peter Morgan (BSc.)
- Steve Sutton (BSc.)
- Prof Anthony W. Parker (FRSC - Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry)
genuinely unique

- It is the product of the author’s chemistry initiation
- Not a lightweight overview. A book that drives deep into the science
- Subjects start at a foundation level. No topic familiarity assumptions
- Most pages include a full-colour pictorial guide
- Over 3,000 indexed terms and a 365 definitions glossary
- Four levels of chapter nesting. Specific subject headings
- Page headers on every page
- Most subjects are completed on one page
- An explanation of each concept occurs at the point of introduction
- Additional relevant information in 234 trivia boxes
book specifications

"As a chemistry novice, I could not find a single book with the right scope, detail, and format for my needs. So, I embarked on an eight-year journey of self-learning and wrote my own. "The result is not a lightweight introductory overview but a book that dives deep into the science. "It embraces all the essential subjects without hindering any chapter's content with a compulsion to follow an exam agenda. "And, because it is the product of my initiation into the science of chemistry, I can genuinely state that the reader requires no previous chemistry experience." - Kevin Fisher

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More than an Introduction to Chemistry
Chapters:
- Matter
- The Periodic Table of the Elements
- Chemical Reactions
- Quantification of Elementary Entities
- Mixtures and Solutions
- Quantification of Gases
- Thermodynamics
- Acids and Bases
- Electrochemistry
- Organic Chemistry
- Biochemistry
- A Roundup of the Elements

The Art of Chemistry – no previous experience required – is printed by BookPrintingUK
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