For courses in two-semester general chemistry. Accurate, data-driven authorship with expanded interactivity leads to greater student engagement. Unrivaled problem sets, notable scientific accuracy and currency, and remarkable clarity have made Chemistry: The Central Science the leading general chemistry text for CHEM1101.

The goal of this issues-based textbook is to establish chemical principles on a need-to-know basis for non-science majors, enabling them to learn chemistry in the context of their own lives and significant issues facing science and the world. The non-traditional approach of Chemistry in Context reflects today's technological issues and the chemistry principles within them.

Chemistry: Atoms First 2e is a peer-reviewed, openly licensed introductory textbook produced through a collaborative publishing partnership between OpenStax and the University of Connecticut and UConn Undergraduate Student Government Association. This text introduces atomic and molecular structure much earlier than the traditional approach, and it threads these themes through subsequent chapters.