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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Brief Contents -- Table of Contents -- Applications and Activities -- About the Author -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Chemistry in Our Lives -- CAREER Forensic Scientist -- CLINICAL UPDATE Forensic Evidence Helps Solve the Crime -- 1.1 Chemistry and Chemicals -- 1.2 Scientific Method: Thinking Like a Scientist -- CHEMISTRY LINK TO HEALTH Early Chemist: Paracelsus -- 1.3 Studying and Learning Chemistry -- 1.4 Key Math Skills for Chemistry -- 1.5 Writing Numbers in Scientific Notation -- CLINICAL UPDATE: Forensic Evidence Helps Solve the Crime -- Concept Map -- Chapter Review -- Key Terms -- Key Math Skills -- Understanding the Concepts -- Additional Practice Problems -- Challenge Problems -- Answers -- Chapter 2 Chemistry and Measurements -- CAREER Registered Nurse -- CLINICAL UPDATE Greg's Visit with His Doctor -- 2.1 Units of Measurement -- 2.2 Measured Numbers and Significant Figures -- 2.3 Significant Figures in Calculations -- 2.4 Prefixes and Equalities -- 2.5 Writing Conversion Factors -- 2.6 Problem Solving Using Unit Conversion -- 2.7 Density -- CHEMISTRY LINK TO HEALTH: Bone Density -- CLINICAL UPDATE: Greg's Visit with His Doctor -- Concept Map -- Chapter Review -- Key Terms -- Key Math Skill -- Core Chemistry Skills -- Understanding the Concepts -- Additional Practice Problems -- Challenge Problems -- Answers -- Chapter 3 Matter and Energy -- CAREER Dietitian -- CLINICAL UPDATE A Diet and Exercise Program -- 3.1 Classification of Matter -- CHEMISTRY LINK TO HEALTH: Breathing Mixtures -- 3.2 States and Properties of Matter -- 3.3 Temperature -- CHEMISTRY LINK TO HEALTH: Variation in Body Temperature -- 3.4 Energy -- CHEMISTRY LINK TO THE ENVIRONMENT: Carbon Dioxide and Climate Change -- 3.5 Energy and Nutrition -- CHEMISTRY LINK TO HEALTH: Losing and Gaining Weight -- 3.6 Specific Heat…”

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Sumario

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