作者	John McMurry, Cornell University Ph.D., Columbia University
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出版时间	2000-01-01

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I get great pleasure and satisfaction from taking a omplicated subject, turning it around until I see it clearly from a new angle, and then explaining it in simple words. I write to explain chemistry to students the way I wish it had been explained to me years ago." Through his lucid writing and ability to show the beauty and logic of organic chemistry, McMurry makes learning enjoyable for students. The highest compliment that can be given to a chemistry book applies to McMurry: It works! Mainstream in level, McMurry's coverage is concise yet doesn't omit any key topics. McMurry blends the traditional functional-group approach with a mechanistic approach. The primary approach, by functional group, begins with the simple and progresses to the more complex so that readers who are not yet versed in the subtleties of mechanisms are first exposed to the what of chemistry before beginning to grapple with the why. Within this primary organization, the author places a heavy emphasis on explaining the fundamental mechanistic similarities. Currently in use at hundreds of colleges and universities throughout the United States and Canada, McMurry's Organic Chemistry is also an international bestseller from the United Kingdom to the Pacific Rim.　　本书长期以来一直以其论述的严谨，被誉为是化学教材市场中*为成功也*为畅销的一本教材。借用作者自己的话说：“过去十年间我问了自己无数遍，我为什么要写这本书呢？我写这本书是因为我热爱写作。我可以换个视角，将复杂的话题在我的书中用清晰易懂的语言重新表述出来，从中我得到了极大的乐趣和满足……”。原名《Organic Chemistry (with InfoTrac and CD-ROM), 5th》。