Which Textbooks Do You Use For Biology, Chemistry And Literature?

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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>Which books should I buy if I want to study any of the above subjects? I'm taking the SATs in all three subjects this autumn, and I already have one prep book for each subject. But I want to learn the subjects in detail, so I'm looking for a nice thick comprehensive book that starts from scratch but is also reasonably advanced - the "standard" high school book(s) for each subject. Which would you recommend? </p>

<p>Thanks ^^.</p>

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<p>For Biology: Biology 7th edition by Neil Campbell</p>

<p>For Chemistry: Chemistry 7th edition by Zumdahl</p>

<p>I know the Biology one is widely used by AP Bio classes, however I have no personal experience with it. As for the Chemistry one, it was my textbook we used in AP Chemistry and it’s very detailed and advanced. It progresses rather quickly too.</p>

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<p>Edit: Biology 8th edition by Campbell is the most recent edition I believe.</p>

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<p>Ignore this post, blah.</p>

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<p>For Chem either Zumdahl or Brown 11th edition. We had Campbell’s Biology and it was comprehensive but really boring.</p>

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<p>We don’t have Campbell’s we have Raven and Johnson. I liked it a lot, it reads pretty fast and it has great diagrams in it. And for chem we had Brown.</p>

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<p>I used Brown, LeMay, and Burnstein back when I was taking AP and it’s a pretty solid book. If you’re actually going to buy the textbook I’d recommend buying an edition or two old since you’ll have the same content, and the book will be about 1/4 the price.</p>

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<p>We have campbell and Zumdahl. For literature it seems like you would want to read a lot of books.</p>

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<p>I don’t know what bio we have.</p>

<p>Our chemistry classes don’t use text books. One is assigned because the state and city require it, but we are never to read it or use it at all. </p>

<p>Literature classes also don’t really use textbooks. Some English classes have some, but they are always anthologies and are kept in class. Really, for literature it’s just reading. And all the reading that’s important can probably be found on the internet or a bookstore.</p>

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<p>Bio: Campbell
Chem: General Chemistry by Whitten</p>

<p>You can probably get the older editions of these books for under $20 at a used book store.</p>

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<p>For biology we use Campbell 6th edition (eff it) and my school is poor. Looks like we’ll be keeping it for another two years.</p>

<p>Chemistry-prentice hall
Literature-we barely use it; we just read books</p>

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<p>Thanks for all the recommendations :). When you say the Chemistry book by Zumdahl, do you mean this:</p>

<p><a href=“Chemistry: Amazon.co.uk: Zumdahl, Steven S., Zumdahl, Susan A.: 9780495829928: Books”>http://www.amazon.co.uk/Chemistry-International-Steven-Zumdahl/dp/0495829927/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242471192&sr=8-13&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>or this:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.amazon.co.uk/Basic-Chemistry-Steven-S-Zumdahl/dp/0618305041/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242471192&sr=8-5[/url]”>Basic Chemistry: Amazon.co.uk: Zumdahl, Steven S., DeCoste, Donald J.: 9780618305049: Books;

<p>(I live in the UK, so buying American books gets pretty expensive. I want to make sure I get the right edition :))</p>

<p>P.S. What books do people usually read for Literature? I know it’s usually classic novels or poems, but I’m not sure exactly what constitutes a classic.</p>

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<p>Most people probably mean this for chemistry</p>

<p>[Chemistry:</a> Amazon.co.uk: Steven S. Zumdahl, Susan A. Zumdahl: Books](<a href=“Chemistry: Amazon.co.uk: Zumdahl, Steven S., Zumdahl, Susan A.: 9780618528448: Books”>Chemistry: Amazon.co.uk: Zumdahl, Steven S., Zumdahl, Susan A.: 9780618528448: Books)</p>

<p>I use this text in class and it’s a good book.</p>

<p>For Bio we used Campbell.</p>

<p>For Lit, we don’t have a textbook. We just read novels and such.</p>

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<p>So if I go through the Campbell book for Biology and the Zumdahl one for Chemistry, I’ll have covered the equivalent of one year of high-school biology and one year of high-school biology, as the top universities require? Or is it not necessary to cover everything in both books?</p>

<p>Also, is it possible to self-study whatever needs to be self-studied if you’re pretty much learning from scratch?</p>

<p>Thanks :).</p>

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<p>Bump. 10char</p>