Biochemistry For Dummies

The authors are also coauthors of Chemistry for the Utterly Confused and Biochemistry for Dummies. 

If you have ever read other For Dummies books (such as the wonderful Chemistry For Dummies or Biochemistry For Dummies, written by yours truly and published by Wiley), you recognize the icons used in this book. The following four icons can guide you to certain kinds of information ... 

Nucleic acids, which are polymers of nucleotides, are another class of biomolecules, but they re beyond the scope of this book for more info about nucleic acids, refer to a more advanced text, such as Biochemistry For Dummies (written by us and published by Wiley). 

John T. Moore, EdD, is Regents Professor of Chemistry at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. Fie is the author of Chemistry For Dummies. Richard H. Langiey, PhD, teaches chemistry at Stephen F. Austin State University. Langley and Moore are coauthors of Biochemistry For Dummies. 

John s area of specialty is chemical education, especially at the pre-high school level. For the last several years, he has been the co-editor (along with one of his former students) of the Chemistry for Kids feature of The Journal of Chemical Education. He has authored Chemistry For Dummies and Chemistry Made Simple, and he s co-authored 5 Steps To A Five AP Chemistry, Chemistry for the Utterly Confused, rmA Biochemistry For Dummies. 

Organic Chemistry II For Dummies is an overview of the material covered in the second half of a typical college-level organic chemistry course. We have made every attempt to keep the material as current as possible, but the field of chemistry is changing ever so quickly as new reactions are developed and the fields of biochemistry and biotechnology inspire new avenues of research. The basics, however, stay the Scime, and they are where we concentrate our attention. 

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