For full-year general chemistry courses taken by majors in chemistry as well as biology, pre-health, and engineering.

In its Fourth Edition, McMurry/Fay's Chemistry retains the focus on genuine understanding that has helped make chemistry clear for students through its first three editions. The authors clean, interesting writing style talks directly to students, with a minimum of distractions. Key concepts are presented and consistently emphasized throughout the text in a visual, intuitive fashion. The well-integrated McMurry/Fay media programme provides excellent classroom support and encourages independent learning. The Fourth Edition of McMurry/Fays Chemistry provides an enhanced focus on problem solving and visualisation. The text moves students beyond rote quantitative problem solving, encouraging them to visualise and think about a problem before beginning to solve it.