Welcome to the thirteenth edition of An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry. This chemistry text was written and designed to help you prepare for a career in a health-related profession, such as nursing, dietetics, respiratory therapy, and environmental and agricultural science. This text assumes no prior knowledge of chemistry.

My main objective in writing this text is to make the study of chemistry an engaging and positive experience for you by relating the structure and behavior of matter to its role in health and the environment. This new edition introduces more problem-solving strategies, more problem-solving guides, new Analyze the Problem with Connect features, new Try It First and Engage features, conceptual and challenge problems, and new sets of combined problems.

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Table of Contents

1. Chemistry in Our Lives
2. Chemistry and Measurements
3. Matter and Energy
4. Atoms and Elements
5. Nuclear Chemistry
6. Ionic and Molecular Compounds
7. Chemical Quantities and Reactions
8. Gases
9. Solutions
10. Acids and Bases and Equilibrium
11. Introduction to Organic Chemistry: Hydrocarbons
12. Alcohols, Thiols, Ethers, Aldehydes, and Ketones
13. Carbohydrates
14. Carboxylic Acids, Esters, Amines, and Amides
15. Lipids
16. Amino Acids, Proteins, and Enzyme
17. Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis
18. Metabolic Pathways and ATP Production