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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Chemistry (Ian Guch)

Michael S. Matthews

Duke University Talent Identification Program, Durham, NC 27701

J. Chem. Educ., 2004, 81 (7), p 956

DOI: 10.1021/ed081p956

Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2004

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This book’s summarized, or truncated, explanations raise a few pedagogical concerns, although these are but minor philosophical quibbles in comparison with the factual errors. The CIGC is unlikely to offer the struggling student much clarity and might even lead some readers to abandon altogether their study of chemistry.

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Received: August 03, 2009

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