Principles of Chemistry in Biology

For students of biology, required courses in general chemistry often fail to fully excite their interest in the many interconnections between the two disciplines. This chemistry instructors resource book gathers together an impressive group of authors who aim to accomplish this goal by showing how biological phenomena can be used to illustrate classical principles of chemistry. The authors-all experienced teachers and oustanding researchers-combine examples from biochemistry andenvironmental, pharmaceutical, and nuclear chemistry with the traditional introductory material in organic, inorganic, analytical, and physical chemistry. The book can serve as a companion to virtually any introductory chemistry, biology, or biochemistry text. It includes problem sets at the end ofeach chapter, a generous selection of color transparencies, and a collection of black and white figures suitable for reproduction. The work also gives instructions for easy access to public-domain molecular graphics programs which can serve as ideal introductions to todays powerful modeling systems.