Brief Contents
1 Chemistry Basics—Matter and Measurement 1
2 Atoms and Radioactivity 49
3 Compounds—How Elements Combine 76
4 Introduction to Organic Compounds 124
5 Chemical Reactions 179
6 Carbohydrates—Life’s Sweet Molecules 215
7 What’s the Attraction? Gas Laws, State Changes,
Solubility, and Lipids 262
8 Solution Chemistry—How Sweet Is Your Coffee? 307
9 Acids, Bases, and Buffers in the Body 346
10 Proteins—Workers of the Cell 384
11 Nucleic Acids—Big Molecules with a Big Role 429
12 Food as Fuel—An Overview of Metabolism 469