Self Studying Chemistry

why not both?

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If you know calculus and you have a strong passion for chemistry, just start by using two books: Chemical Principles by Atkins and Principles of Modern Chemistry by Oxtoby. They're hard, but focusing on one book and reading the other book for alternative explanations and extra problems will give you a solid intuition of general chemistry. The best brainlet book is probably Chemistry: The Central Science, but it's quite mediocre, and it doesn't get better than that for other similar caliber books.

All of the other general chemistry books are mediocre at best, and even these books could use a fresh method of presentation of concepts and connections, so searching too hard for the best general chemistry book is going to be a fruitless exercise. You're better off diving into what I've mentioned and pushing through to the more specialized areas, where the texts are far better. Clayden for organic, Macquarrie for physical, Lehninger for biochemistry, Miessler for inorganic are all fantastic, so there's light at the end of the tunnel.

>>8993746
This pic is still fucking pleb. Hope some guy screen capped our previous conversation on this absolutely trash notation, because I dont feel like schooling you again.

>Good luck on predicting stability through resonance

>>8993734
>he fell for the /sci/ wiki meme

>>8993758
fuck off

>>8993755
>our conversation
We never spoke before. I've never cared about this shit, just wanted to post the first thing I found that was chemistry-related.

>>8993755
Stop hijacking my thread

>>8993746
there was very minimal Calculus in Physical Chemistry rate law and some nuclear chemistry but other than that its obsolete.

Most of Gen. Chem as Algebra based and conversion

>>8993734
Learn how to do the end of chapter problems and look up tests online to maximize your learning since you are self teaching.

>>8994243
You're right. There's more chapters in both books that include some calculus problems (Atkins labels them) but as long as you can do algebra 2 or precalculus, then you should be fine.

What do you mean by obsolete? Are there better books out there?

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