Wednesday, February 20, 2008.

first time ever. i desperately need help.

after smp today zhaokai and i walked into the nus co-op bookstore, and at the very instant when i pushed open the door, my mouth dropped.

I saw cartons, cartons of godly textbooks.

Now i need help. Which one? I am not made out of gold (though in a few month's time i may be) so I can only pick one (1) textbook. Oh ya, nigel, please help me.

The 8 choices are:

The odd one out: Biology, 7th edition, Campbell and Reece.
Not likely, since im dropping bio in jc and there's already an 8th edition. but still, this book is revered and worshipped by biora people.

Physical Chemistry:
Physical Chemistry, 2nd ed, Engel

Physical Chemistry, David W. Ball

Among the two i have this feeling engel wins (in terms of depth), cause in engel i saw deep cheem formulas.

Inorganic Chemistry:
Inorganic Chemistry, 4th ed, Shriver and Atkins

I ever read the 3rd ed, and i swore by it (till the other book came).

Inorganic Chemistry, 3rd ed, Housecroft and Sharpe

This option looks very good.

Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, 6th ed.

OHH I LOVE THIS BOOK. but i think its not very user-friendly, and i seem to prefer the former 2.

Organic Chemistry:
Organic Chemistry, 5th ed, Bruice
Frankly I have never heard of this till today. On first glance it looks good though.

Organic Chemistry, 2nd ed, McMurry
Looks good. But as usual, I haven't dwelled enough into organic chem.

There are no phy textbooks simply cause college/uni physics does wonders.

Please respond to the poll and save me from the agony of choosing a bad textbook.

Labels: chem