<p>Good mornin,
I'm going to start re-teaching myself some chemistry so I can fit in with the advanced chem classes [if I somehow get it in my schedule, that is.] What are some good general, advanced textbooks for chem? So far I've looked in to Chang's "Chemistry", "Chemistry: The Central Science", and "Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter and Change." Any suggestions would be appreciated.</p>
<p>Zumdahl's "Chemistry" is really good - we used this year in our AP Class and I got a 5 (I mostly did all the stuff from reading in the book so it is a really good book)</p>
<p>thanks for the suggestion. </p>
<p>oh and for some information that may be pertinent, i will be a freshman in college next year, and I took an honors chem class sophomore year of high school.</p>
<p>i second zumdahl...we used it in our high school AP class as well and i know that its going to be used for our freshman advanced chem class in college (USC) too</p>
<p>i third zumdahl (if it is even necessary) and used it in AP. It worked for stuff and it even helped on the formal charge question that I was going to not read but read anyways thankfully ...</p>
<p>another vote for Zumdahl. My son used it to self-study for the AP exam and made a 5. It's also made it to the pile of books he plans to take to college, and he doesn't even like chemistry.</p>
<p>Hooray for Zumdahl. I wish I would have gotten to be taught by him. A lot of the older students get to visit his house. He apparently is rich as hell and owns tons of cars. Crazy.</p>
<p>Chang is good. Avoid Oxtoby like the plague.</p>
<p>Yeah, the old IB chem teacher ordered those zumdahl books before he moved away...</p>
<p>The new one didnt want to use them so instead we were essentialy using the books that had been replaced by the current normal-level chem books while the zumdahls sat around and eventually got sold for some ultra low price to some guy...go easy crappy books! I guess I shouldnt complain, I was one of the two people to get the highest score from our school (a 6) but I bet I would have learned more with a real book.</p>