{"id":4773,"date":"2018-06-21T15:23:30","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T19:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/chem1114langaracollege\/?post_type=front-matter&p=4773"},"modified":"2018-06-22T22:54:07","modified_gmt":"2018-06-23T02:54:07","slug":"acknowledgement","status":"publish","type":"front-matter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/chem1114langaracollege\/front-matter\/acknowledgement\/","title":{"raw":"Acknowledgements","rendered":"Acknowledgements"},"content":{"raw":"CHEM 1114 -\u00a0Introduction to Chemistry<\/span><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was adapted by Shirley Wacowich-Sgarbi by combining a courseware package from the Langara College Chemistry Department and a combination of OpenStax textbooks, including Paul Flowers, Klaus Theopold<\/span>\u00a0and Richard Langley's textbook\u00a0Chemistry<\/em>, Jessie A. Key's textbook\u00a0<\/span>Introductory Chemistry- 1st Canadian Edition\u00a0<\/em>and portions of chapter 1 from Tim Soderberg's textbook Organic Chemistry with a Biological Emphasis<\/em>.<\/span>\r\n\r\nShirley Wacowich-Sgarbi,\u00a0June 2018\r\n
\r\n\r\nFrom\u00a0Paul Flowers, Klaus Theopold\u00a0and Richard Langley's textbook\u00a0Chemistry:<\/em><\/span><\/strong>\r\n\r\nContent Leads<\/em><\/strong>\r\n

Paul Flowers, PhD, University of North Carolina - Pembroke<\/p>\r\nKlaus Theopold, PhD, University of Delaware\r\n\r\nRichard Langley, PhD, Stephen F. Austin State University\r\n\r\n

\r\n

Senior Contributing Author<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\r\nWilliam R. Robinson, PhD\r\n\r\n<\/section>

Contributing Authors<\/strong><\/em>\r\n

Mark Blaser, Shasta College;\u00a0Simon Bott, University of Houston;\u00a0Donald Carpenetti, Craven Community College;\u00a0Andrew Eklund, Alfred University;\u00a0Emad El-Giar, University of Louisiana at Monroe;\u00a0Don Frantz, Wilfrid Laurier University;\u00a0Paul Hooker, Westminster College;\u00a0Jennifer Look, Mercer University;\u00a0George Kaminski, Worcester Polytechnic Institute;\u00a0Carol Martinez, Central New Mexico Community College;\u00a0Troy Milliken, Jackson State University;\u00a0Vicki Moravec, Trine University;\u00a0Jason Powell, Ferrum College;\u00a0Thomas Sorensen, University of Wisconsin\u2013Milwaukee;\u00a0Allison Soult, University of Kentucky<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/section>\r\n

Contributing Reviewers<\/strong><\/em>\r\nCasey Akin, College Station Independent School District;\u00a0Lara AL-Hariri, University of Massachusetts\u2013Amherst;\u00a0Sahar Atwa, University of Louisiana at Monroe;\u00a0Todd Austell, University of North Carolina\u2013Chapel Hill;\u00a0Bobby Bailey, University of Maryland\u2013University College;\u00a0Robert Baker, Trinity College;\u00a0Jeffrey Bartz, Kalamazoo College;\u00a0Greg Baxley, Cuesta College;\u00a0Ashley Beasley Green, National Institute of Standards and Technology;\u00a0Patricia Bianconi, University of Massachusetts;\u00a0Lisa Blank, Lyme Central School District;\u00a0Daniel Branan, Colorado Community College System;\u00a0Dorian Canelas, Duke University;\u00a0Emmanuel Chang, York College;\u00a0Carolyn Collins, College of Southern Nevada;\u00a0Colleen Craig, University of Washington;\u00a0Yasmine Daniels, Montgomery College\u2013Germantown;\u00a0Patricia Dockham, Grand Rapids Community College;\u00a0Erick Fuoco, Richard J. Daley College;\u00a0Andrea Geyer, University of Saint Francis;\u00a0Daniel Goebbert, University of Alabama;\u00a0John Goodwin, Coastal Carolina University;\u00a0Stephanie Gould, Austin College;\u00a0Patrick Holt, Bellarmine University;\u00a0Kevin Kolack, Queensborough Community College;\u00a0Amy Kovach, Roberts Wesleyan College;\u00a0Judit Kovacs Beagle, University of Dayton;\u00a0Krzysztof Kuczera, University of Kansas;\u00a0Marcus Lay, University of Georgia;\u00a0Pamela Lord, University of Saint Francis;\u00a0Oleg Maksimov, Excelsior College;\u00a0John Matson, Virginia Tech;\u00a0Katrina Miranda, University of Arizona;\u00a0Douglas Mulford, Emory University;\u00a0Mark Ott, Jackson College;\u00a0Adrienne Oxley, Columbia College;\u00a0Richard Pennington, Georgia Gwinnett College;\u00a0Rodney Powell, Coastal Carolina Community College;\u00a0Jeanita Pritchett, Montgomery College\u2013Rockville;\u00a0Aheda Saber, University of Illinois at Chicago;\u00a0Raymond Sadeghi, University of Texas at San Antonio;\u00a0Nirmala Shankar, Rutgers University;\u00a0Jonathan Smith, Temple University;\u00a0Bryan Spiegelberg, Rider University;\u00a0Ron Sternfels, Roane State Community College;\u00a0Cynthia Strong, Cornell College;\u00a0Kris Varazo, Francis Marion University;\u00a0Victor Vilchiz, Virginia State University;\u00a0Alex Waterson, Vanderbilt University;\u00a0JuchaoYan, Eastern New Mexico University;\u00a0Mustafa Yatin, Salem State University;\u00a0Kazushige Yokoyama, State University of New York at Geneseo;\u00a0Curtis Zaleski, Shippensburg University;\u00a0Wei Zhang, University of Colorado\u2013Boulder<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n

\r\n\r\nFrom\u00a0Jessie A. Key's textbook\u00a0Introductory Chemistry - 1st Canadian Edition [an adaption from David W. Ball's textbook\u00a0Introductory Chemistry]:<\/em><\/span><\/strong>\r\n\r\nI would like to acknowledge the team at BCcampus for all their hard work on this project. Project managers Amanda Coolidge and Clint Lalonde, and the entire editorial team were instrumental to the success of this work. As well, I would like to thank my colleagues at Vancouver Island University for their support.\r\n\r\nJessie A. Key,\u00a0September 2014\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n
\r\n\r\nFrom\u00a0David W. Ball's textbook\u00a0Introductory Chemistry:<\/em><\/span><\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe decision to write a new textbook from scratch is not one to be taken lightly. The author becomes a saint to some and a sinner to others\u2014and the feedback from the \u201cothers\u201d is felt more acutely than the feedback from the \u201csome\u201d! Ultimately, the decision to write a new book comes from the deep feeling that an author can make a positive contribution to the field, and that it is ultimately time well invested.\r\n\r\nIt also helps that there are people supporting the author both personally and professionally. The first person to thank must be Jennifer Welchans of Flat World Knowledge. I have known Jen for years; indeed, she was instrumental in getting me to write my first academic book, a math review book that is still available through another publisher. We reconnected recently, and I learned that she was working for a new publisher with some interesting publishing ideas. With her urging, the editorial director and I got together, first by phone and then in person, to discuss this project. With all the enthusiasm and ideas that Flat World Knowledge brought to the table, it was difficult\u00a0not<\/em>\u00a0to sign on and write this book. So thanks, Jen\u2014again. Hopefully this won\u2019t be the last book we do together.\r\n\r\nThanks also to Michael Boezi, editorial director at Flat World Knowledge, for his enthusiastic support. Jenn Yee, project manager at Flat World Knowledge, did a great job of managing the project and all of its pieces\u2014manuscript, answers to exercises, art, reviews, revisions, and all the other things required to put a project like this together. Vanessa Gennarelli did a great job of filling in when necessary (although Jenn should know better than to take a vacation during a project). Kudos to the technology team at Flat World Knowledge, who had the ultimate job of getting this book out: Brian Brennan, David Link, Christopher Loncar, Jessica Carey, Jon Gottfried, Jon Williams, Katie Damo, Keith Avery, Mike Shnaydman, Po Ki Chui, and Ryan Lowe. I would also like to thank the production team at Scribe Inc., including Stacy Claxton, Chrissy Chimi, Melissa Tarrao, and Kevin McDermott. This book would not exist without any of these people.\r\n\r\nThanks to Mary Grodek and Bill Reiter of Cleveland State University\u2019s Marketing Department for assistance in obtaining a needed photograph.\r\n\r\nA project like this benefits from the expertise of external reviewers. I would like to thank the following people for their very thoughtful evaluation of the manuscript at several stages:\r\n\r\nSam Abbas, Palomar College;\u00a0Bal Barot, Lake Michigan College;\u00a0Sherri Borowicz, Dakota College of Bottineau;\u00a0Ken Capps, Central Florida Community College;\u00a0Troy Cayou, Coconino Community College;\u00a0Robert Clark, Lourdes College;\u00a0Daniel Cole, Central Piedmont Community College;\u00a0Jo Conceicao, Metropolitan Community College;\u00a0Bernadette Corbett, Metropolitan Community College;\u00a0James Fisher, Imperial Valley College;\u00a0Julie Klare, Gwinnett Technical College;\u00a0Karen Marshall, Bridgewater College;\u00a0Tchao Podona, Miami-Dade College;\u00a0Kenneth Rodriguez, California State University\u2013Dominguez Hills;\u00a0Mary Sohn, Florida Institute of Technology;\u00a0Angie Spencer, Greenville Technical College;\u00a0Charles Taylor, Pomona College;\u00a0Susan T. Thomas, The University of Texas at San Antonio;\u00a0Linda Waldman, Cerritos College\r\n\r\nThanks especially to ANSR Source, who performed accuracy checks on various parts of the text. Should any inaccuracies remain, they are the responsibility of the author. I hope that readers will let me know if they find any; one of the beauties of the Flat World process is the ability to update the textbook quickly, so that it will be an even better book tomorrow.\r\n\r\nI am looking forward to seeing how the Flat World Knowledge model works with this book, and I thank all the adopters and users in advance for their help in making it a better text.\r\n\r\nDavid W. Ball,\u00a0February 2011\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"

CHEM 1114 –\u00a0Introduction to Chemistry<\/span><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was adapted by Shirley Wacowich-Sgarbi by combining a courseware package from the Langara College Chemistry Department and a combination of OpenStax textbooks, including Paul Flowers, Klaus Theopold<\/span>\u00a0and Richard Langley’s textbook\u00a0Chemistry<\/em>, Jessie A. Key’s textbook\u00a0<\/span>Introductory Chemistry- 1st Canadian Edition\u00a0<\/em>and portions of chapter 1 from Tim Soderberg’s textbook Organic Chemistry with a Biological Emphasis<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shirley Wacowich-Sgarbi,\u00a0June 2018<\/p>\n

\n

From\u00a0Paul Flowers, Klaus Theopold\u00a0and Richard Langley’s textbook\u00a0Chemistry:<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Content Leads<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Paul Flowers, PhD, University of North Carolina – Pembroke<\/p>\n

Klaus Theopold, PhD, University of Delaware<\/p>\n

Richard Langley, PhD, Stephen F. Austin State University<\/p>\n

\n

Senior Contributing Author<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

William R. Robinson, PhD<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

Contributing Authors<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Mark Blaser, Shasta College;\u00a0Simon Bott, University of Houston;\u00a0Donald Carpenetti, Craven Community College;\u00a0Andrew Eklund, Alfred University;\u00a0Emad El-Giar, University of Louisiana at Monroe;\u00a0Don Frantz, Wilfrid Laurier University;\u00a0Paul Hooker, Westminster College;\u00a0Jennifer Look, Mercer University;\u00a0George Kaminski, Worcester Polytechnic Institute;\u00a0Carol Martinez, Central New Mexico Community College;\u00a0Troy Milliken, Jackson State University;\u00a0Vicki Moravec, Trine University;\u00a0Jason Powell, Ferrum College;\u00a0Thomas Sorensen, University of Wisconsin\u2013Milwaukee;\u00a0Allison Soult, University of Kentucky<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

Contributing Reviewers<\/strong><\/em>
\nCasey Akin, College Station Independent School District;\u00a0Lara AL-Hariri, University of Massachusetts\u2013Amherst;\u00a0Sahar Atwa, University of Louisiana at Monroe;\u00a0Todd Austell, University of North Carolina\u2013Chapel Hill;\u00a0Bobby Bailey, University of Maryland\u2013University College;\u00a0Robert Baker, Trinity College;\u00a0Jeffrey Bartz, Kalamazoo College;\u00a0Greg Baxley, Cuesta College;\u00a0Ashley Beasley Green, National Institute of Standards and Technology;\u00a0Patricia Bianconi, University of Massachusetts;\u00a0Lisa Blank, Lyme Central School District;\u00a0Daniel Branan, Colorado Community College System;\u00a0Dorian Canelas, Duke University;\u00a0Emmanuel Chang, York College;\u00a0Carolyn Collins, College of Southern Nevada;\u00a0Colleen Craig, University of Washington;\u00a0Yasmine Daniels, Montgomery College\u2013Germantown;\u00a0Patricia Dockham, Grand Rapids Community College;\u00a0Erick Fuoco, Richard J. Daley College;\u00a0Andrea Geyer, University of Saint Francis;\u00a0Daniel Goebbert, University of Alabama;\u00a0John Goodwin, Coastal Carolina University;\u00a0Stephanie Gould, Austin College;\u00a0Patrick Holt, Bellarmine University;\u00a0Kevin Kolack, Queensborough Community College;\u00a0Amy Kovach, Roberts Wesleyan College;\u00a0Judit Kovacs Beagle, University of Dayton;\u00a0Krzysztof Kuczera, University of Kansas;\u00a0Marcus Lay, University of Georgia;\u00a0Pamela Lord, University of Saint Francis;\u00a0Oleg Maksimov, Excelsior College;\u00a0John Matson, Virginia Tech;\u00a0Katrina Miranda, University of Arizona;\u00a0Douglas Mulford, Emory University;\u00a0Mark Ott, Jackson College;\u00a0Adrienne Oxley, Columbia College;\u00a0Richard Pennington, Georgia Gwinnett College;\u00a0Rodney Powell, Coastal Carolina Community College;\u00a0Jeanita Pritchett, Montgomery College\u2013Rockville;\u00a0Aheda Saber, University of Illinois at Chicago;\u00a0Raymond Sadeghi, University of Texas at San Antonio;\u00a0Nirmala Shankar, Rutgers University;\u00a0Jonathan Smith, Temple University;\u00a0Bryan Spiegelberg, Rider University;\u00a0Ron Sternfels, Roane State Community College;\u00a0Cynthia Strong, Cornell College;\u00a0Kris Varazo, Francis Marion University;\u00a0Victor Vilchiz, Virginia State University;\u00a0Alex Waterson, Vanderbilt University;\u00a0JuchaoYan, Eastern New Mexico University;\u00a0Mustafa Yatin, Salem State University;\u00a0Kazushige Yokoyama, State University of New York at Geneseo;\u00a0Curtis Zaleski, Shippensburg University;\u00a0Wei Zhang, University of Colorado\u2013Boulder<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

From\u00a0Jessie A. Key’s textbook\u00a0Introductory Chemistry – 1st Canadian Edition [an adaption from David W. Ball’s textbook\u00a0Introductory Chemistry]:<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I would like to acknowledge the team at BCcampus for all their hard work on this project. Project managers Amanda Coolidge and Clint Lalonde, and the entire editorial team were instrumental to the success of this work. As well, I would like to thank my colleagues at Vancouver Island University for their support.<\/p>\n

Jessie A. Key,\u00a0September 2014<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

From\u00a0David W. Ball’s textbook\u00a0Introductory Chemistry:<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The decision to write a new textbook from scratch is not one to be taken lightly. The author becomes a saint to some and a sinner to others\u2014and the feedback from the \u201cothers\u201d is felt more acutely than the feedback from the \u201csome\u201d! Ultimately, the decision to write a new book comes from the deep feeling that an author can make a positive contribution to the field, and that it is ultimately time well invested.<\/p>\n

It also helps that there are people supporting the author both personally and professionally. The first person to thank must be Jennifer Welchans of Flat World Knowledge. I have known Jen for years; indeed, she was instrumental in getting me to write my first academic book, a math review book that is still available through another publisher. We reconnected recently, and I learned that she was working for a new publisher with some interesting publishing ideas. With her urging, the editorial director and I got together, first by phone and then in person, to discuss this project. With all the enthusiasm and ideas that Flat World Knowledge brought to the table, it was difficult\u00a0not<\/em>\u00a0to sign on and write this book. So thanks, Jen\u2014again. Hopefully this won\u2019t be the last book we do together.<\/p>\n

Thanks also to Michael Boezi, editorial director at Flat World Knowledge, for his enthusiastic support. Jenn Yee, project manager at Flat World Knowledge, did a great job of managing the project and all of its pieces\u2014manuscript, answers to exercises, art, reviews, revisions, and all the other things required to put a project like this together. Vanessa Gennarelli did a great job of filling in when necessary (although Jenn should know better than to take a vacation during a project). Kudos to the technology team at Flat World Knowledge, who had the ultimate job of getting this book out: Brian Brennan, David Link, Christopher Loncar, Jessica Carey, Jon Gottfried, Jon Williams, Katie Damo, Keith Avery, Mike Shnaydman, Po Ki Chui, and Ryan Lowe. I would also like to thank the production team at Scribe Inc., including Stacy Claxton, Chrissy Chimi, Melissa Tarrao, and Kevin McDermott. This book would not exist without any of these people.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Mary Grodek and Bill Reiter of Cleveland State University\u2019s Marketing Department for assistance in obtaining a needed photograph.<\/p>\n

A project like this benefits from the expertise of external reviewers. I would like to thank the following people for their very thoughtful evaluation of the manuscript at several stages:<\/p>\n

Sam Abbas, Palomar College;\u00a0Bal Barot, Lake Michigan College;\u00a0Sherri Borowicz, Dakota College of Bottineau;\u00a0Ken Capps, Central Florida Community College;\u00a0Troy Cayou, Coconino Community College;\u00a0Robert Clark, Lourdes College;\u00a0Daniel Cole, Central Piedmont Community College;\u00a0Jo Conceicao, Metropolitan Community College;\u00a0Bernadette Corbett, Metropolitan Community College;\u00a0James Fisher, Imperial Valley College;\u00a0Julie Klare, Gwinnett Technical College;\u00a0Karen Marshall, Bridgewater College;\u00a0Tchao Podona, Miami-Dade College;\u00a0Kenneth Rodriguez, California State University\u2013Dominguez Hills;\u00a0Mary Sohn, Florida Institute of Technology;\u00a0Angie Spencer, Greenville Technical College;\u00a0Charles Taylor, Pomona College;\u00a0Susan T. Thomas, The University of Texas at San Antonio;\u00a0Linda Waldman, Cerritos College<\/p>\n

Thanks especially to ANSR Source, who performed accuracy checks on various parts of the text. Should any inaccuracies remain, they are the responsibility of the author. I hope that readers will let me know if they find any; one of the beauties of the Flat World process is the ability to update the textbook quickly, so that it will be an even better book tomorrow.<\/p>\n

I am looking forward to seeing how the Flat World Knowledge model works with this book, and I thank all the adopters and users in advance for their help in making it a better text.<\/p>\n

David W. Ball,\u00a0February 2011<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":330,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"Acknowledgements","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":"cc-by-nc-sa"},"front-matter-type":[],"contributor":[64,63,67,66,68,65],"license":[54],"class_list":["post-4773","front-matter","type-front-matter","status-publish","hentry","contributor-david-w-ball","contributor-jessie-a-key","contributor-klaus-theopold","contributor-paul-flowers","contributor-richard-langley","contributor-shirley-wacowich-sgarbi","license-cc-by-nc-sa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/chem1114langaracollege\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/4773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/chem1114langaracollege\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/chem1114langaracollege\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/front-matter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/chem1114langaracollege\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/330"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/chem1114langaracollege\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/4773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4818,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/chem1114langaracollege\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/4773\/revisions\/4818"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/chem1114langaracollege\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/4773\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/chem1114langaracollege\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"front-matter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/chem1114langaracollege\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter-type?post=4773"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/chem1114langaracollege\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=4773"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/chem1114langaracollege\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=4773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}