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<p><font face="serif">Good Morning - and Welcome to Mercer!
Although we won't start Chemistry 111 until next week, some of
you are in the process of purchasing textbooks. Our textbook
went into a new edition this past year, so there are most likely
two different versions at the Mercer Bookstore - Burdge 4th
edition and Burdge 5th edition. Also, there are both print
(looseleaf a looseleaf copy you put in a binder) and an
electronic print edition.</font></p>
<p><font face="serif">You need ONE copy of the text. Some students
like the e-text version, but based on experience most students
prefer the printed copy. I will be assigning problems out of
the 5th edition of Burdge. You only need to buy one edition -
not both.<br>
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<p><font face="serif">You also need a lab notebook as well as safety
glasses for lab which starts the second week of class. <br>
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<p><font face="serif">A study guide with worked problems is also
available, it is recommended that you buy this, but it is not
required.</font></p>
<p><font face="serif">Finally, you will be required to purchase an
online access key to Sapling - our online homework system. You
can do this at the Bookstore, but it can also be done online
with a credit card. Details will be in the syllabus that I hand
out next Wednesday in class.<br>
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<p><font face="serif">See you next week!</font></p>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Andrew J. Pounds, Ph.D. (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pounds_aj@mercer.edu">pounds_aj@mercer.edu</a>)
Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
Director of the Computational Science Program
Mercer University, Macon, GA 31207 (478) 301-5627
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