The discussion centers around recommendations for high school chemistry textbooks that cover advanced topics such as quantum numbers, molecular geometry, and hybridization. Participants share their experiences and preferences regarding various chemistry books suitable for AP and IB chemistry courses.
Participants present a variety of opinions on the best chemistry textbooks, indicating that there is no consensus on a single recommended book. Different preferences and experiences are shared, reflecting a range of views on the suitability of each suggested text.
Some recommendations may depend on specific curriculum requirements or personal learning styles, and there is mention of varying overlaps with high school chemistry content.
Seconding Silberberg! It is great stuff. It is very comprehensive and accessible. I have been using it for the past two years and still find it useful from time to time, even when I am in organic chem (I would not recommend the book for organic chem at all, though). But it covers all of the things you have mentioned in great and comprehensible detail and then some...SeReNiTy said:silberberg
Sorry to continue name dropping Silberberg, but at my school, we used it for the Chemistry IB Higher Level curriculum.marcusl said:My son checked a number of books out of the local university library and settled on a book by whitten, davis (and some other authors) to go with his IB chem class.