General Chemistry - (Dover Books on Chemistry) 3rd Edition by Linus Pauling (Paperback)

This third edition of General Chemistry by Nobel Prize-winning author Linus Pauling is an exceptional textbook for first-year college students majoring in chemistry or related fields.

With a logical, clear, and understandable writing style, the book covers atomic and molecular structure, quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, and thermodynamics while correlating the theories with descriptive chemistry to introduce students to various chemical substances' properties.

The text has been extensively revised and updated, including a new balance between theoretical and descriptive material, a decrease in descriptive chemistry, and a revision of the presentation of nonmetals to align with electronic structure. The book includes many excellent figures, numerous problems, and 75 pages of appendices covering topics such as symmetry of molecules and crystals, hybrid bond orbitals, and magnetic properties of substances.

Pauling's writing style is praised for its clarity and understandability, making this text an invaluable resource for students seeking to master the fundamentals of chemistry.