Chemistry for the Life Sciences

Presents short topics tied to numerical or conceptual ideas, reinforced with worked examples and questions

Retaining the user-friendly style of the first edition, this text is designed to eliminate the knowledge gap for those life sciences students who have not studied chemistry at an advanced level. It contains new chapters on �

� Water, covering the mole concept and colloids

� Gases, discussing pressure, gas laws, partial pressure, solubility of gases, and diffusion

� Metals in biology, i...