Unexpectedly great
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From the size of the book I did not expect a comprehensive revision guide - but I was most pleasantly surprised. For some reason, this book manages to summarise absolutely everything in as few words as possible! Some of the topics are covered in 2-4 pages, compared to the 10 of other revision guides, yet the depth and breadth covered still manages to be roughly the same.
The layout is very easy to follow, with succinct and undistracting black-and-white pages. The questions are also helpful as there are answers at the back.
It is of course necessary to use a big thick textbook to get all the background knowledge, but if you want quick revision or a broad overview of a topic, look no further. Thoroughly recommended!
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The best chemistry revision guide
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This is by far the most superb revision guide for A-level chemistry. It, along side CGP's revision book for AS chemistry pretty much helped me secure the A in chemistry that I needed, and wanted. This book played a massive role in making me not only feel it was possible, but making it real.
It's the type of revision guide you constantlty refer to throughout the year if you're wise enough to buy it at the start. It has everything very neatly laid out, for some of the most crucial topics it has all the key reactions, most key points and this really, really helps. For example, groups 1&2 is diabolical in terms of remembering all the reactions, it also comes with the standard flame colour test.
Each section is quite breif. It is packed with consise, accurate detail. I wouldn't depend on this book if you're needing a really thorough explaintion of something (ie if you missed an entire topic with no teaching), but if you've missed a few, and do partly understand a concept, then this fills in the holes no problem, or if you just need some extra clarifcation and understanding then this is golden. It wraps up all the things you need, its asif it understands that looking from book to book to find reaction conditions and reagents (especially in unit 2) is an absolute pain, so puts all the official conditions and reagents all in one section, clearly set out and bolded because its vital to remember them.
This book is a absolute top priority over any other if you're thinking of buying a revision guide, heck, even if you're not looking for a revision guide, it's just an excellent supplement to your learning. Its like a smaller verision of the actual text book, easier to read and has the detail you actually need for the exams, not much more than that though (so if you're wanting greater knowledge for the sake of it, its not overly forfilling).
This is a mandatory part of A-level chemistry. Buy it, and you will not regret it.
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Really, really useful!
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I don't usually bother buying revision guides as I tend to find them a bit useless, but this one really is good. It summarises pretty much the basics of everything you need to know and is useful for a quick reference to check back to if you're unsure about something. I recommend buying this at the start of your chemistry course- it really does help make things a bit clearer, and sometimes makes homework a lot quicker too!
Definitely buy this!
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A really great book!
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I bought this book because there were just no quality revision guides for the Edexcel syllabus. Even Letts had managed to fail. The book is written by a principal examiner of Edexcel and this shows in that every little part of the syllabus is covered. This is one of the few revision guides where you know everything in the book should be learnt. The layout is neat and the lack of colour makes it a bit boring, but the content is second to none. The author even gives you a whole summary of all the organic reactions you need to know. Even though the book is ridiculously small it really does cover the whole A Level Edexcel Chemistry course.
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All you need to know for Edexcel
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I took this on holiday with me and came back a week later and got 87% and 92% in my mock AS units 1 and 2. You just can't fault it. How can anyone get the entire syllabus for units 1 and 2 into 54 pages? I owe this man my AS-level. Loads of exam tips, practise questions, self-test sections. Brilliant.
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