TY - BOOK AU - Gilbert, Thomas R AU - Kirss, Rein V AU - Foster, Natalie TI - Chemistry: : An atoms-focused approach SN - 9780393912340 PY - 2014///, CY - Canada PB - Norton. KW - Electrochemistry KW - Nuclear chemistry KW - Thermodynamics KW - Matter and energy N1 - Appendix APP-1-33p.; Glossary G-1-13p.; Index I-1-28p N2 - The authors, who have more than two decades of combined experience teaching an atoms-first course, have gone beyond reorganizing the topics. They emphasize the particulate nature of matter throughout the book in the text, art, and problems, while placing the chemistry in a biological, environmental, or geological context. The authors use a consistent problem-solving model and provide students with ample opportunities to practice ER -