I took the same alevels and am applying for chemistry at uni. I've heard that why chemical reactions happen is a good book, I also liked stuff matters which is focused on chemistry of materials. I haven't read many chemistry related books but if you looks for supercuricular suggestions online I'm sure you'd find some good books
Original post by xjfrtr
I'm starting Year 12 with Biology, Chemistry, and Psychology. Can anyone recommend some good books on Chemistry? I’m looking for ones that could deepen my understanding and help with my uni application. Thanks!
Be very careful about “deepening your understanding” of chemistry at this point. If you use books aimed above A level, they likely will contradict what you’ve learnt and repeating this new-found knowledge in your exams will lose you marks.
For the sake of finding supercurriculars for your personal statement, however, I can give you some chemistry textbook recommendations. Which areas of chemistry are you most interested in (organic? inorganic? physical?)?
If you are unsure, “chemistry^3: introducing inorganic, organic and physical chemistry” by Burrows et al is always my first recommendation
Original post by crazy_diamond
I took the same alevels and am applying for chemistry at uni. I've heard that why chemical reactions happen is a good book, I also liked stuff matters which is focused on chemistry of materials. I haven't read many chemistry related books but if you looks for supercuricular suggestions online I'm sure you'd find some good books
Thank youu!!
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Be very careful about “deepening your understanding” of chemistry at this point. If you use books aimed above A level, they likely will contradict what you’ve learnt and repeating this new-found knowledge in your exams will lose you marks.
For the sake of finding supercurriculars for your personal statement, however, I can give you some chemistry textbook recommendations. Which areas of chemistry are you most interested in (organic? inorganic? physical?)?
If you are unsure, “chemistry^3: introducing inorganic, organic and physical chemistry” by Burrows et al is always my first recommendation
For the sake of finding supercurriculars for your personal statement, however, I can give you some chemistry textbook recommendations. Which areas of chemistry are you most interested in (organic? inorganic? physical?)?
If you are unsure, “chemistry^3: introducing inorganic, organic and physical chemistry” by Burrows et al is always my first recommendation
Thank you so muchh!!
Original post by crazy_diamond
I took the same alevels and am applying for chemistry at uni. I've heard that why chemical reactions happen is a good book, I also liked stuff matters which is focused on chemistry of materials. I haven't read many chemistry related books but if you looks for supercuricular suggestions online I'm sure you'd find some good books
“Why chemical reactions happen” by Keeler and Wothers is a classic one for chemistry applicants - I personally never read it as I heard it was quite cliche and instead read large parts of “Advanced Inorganic Chemistry” by Cotton and Wilkinson (not recommended lol - it’s a very much grad level reference text and waaaay too over the top).
As above, see if you can find a cheap copy of “Chemistry^3: introducing inorganic, organic and physical chemistry” by Burrows et al and pick maybe one or two chapters of interest to read.
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Original post by xjfrtr
I'm starting Year 12 with Biology, Chemistry, and Psychology. Can anyone recommend some good books on Chemistry? I’m looking for ones that could deepen my understanding and help with my uni application. Thanks!
The first place you should look should be whatever textbook supports whatever spec you are going to be studying.
After that, I would recommend: Advanced Chemistry: Volume 1 & 2 ISBN 0521423325 & 0521423333. You can pick them up second hand from Amazon for buttons OR considering they're soooo old, you might even find a legal pdf on the Interwebs. They're a really good, general textbook that show how little chemistry has changed over the decades, all that has changed is quite which topics are taught these days.
Beyond A level... well as has essentially already been said, make sure you know your A level content as well as you can before trying to move onto more advanced stuff. But "Why Chemical Reactions Happen" is excellent, it does nicely take you from the trickier A level topics to more advanced topics and really starts to show interconnected the various topics you study are (finally). Chemistry3 is also a great, although no doubt expensive option- although it is in a bit of a funny order (if you're happy with an index, this won't be a problem).
Since it has been mentioned that chemistry^3 is quite an expensive book (which is true if you don’t procure it second hand off of a site like ebay or world of books), see if your nearest library has a copy first.
There are quite a few good textbooks out there, but the usefulness of A-level oriented ones will somewhat depend on your exam board.
There are quite a few good textbooks out there, but the usefulness of A-level oriented ones will somewhat depend on your exam board.
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