About the Authors

Drs Don Radford and Adrian George hold PhD degrees and have extensive experience in teaching and research in a university environment. It is significant that they were awarded the University of Sydney Vice Chancellor’s Award for Supporting the Student Experience (2011) for their work developing and implementing the Preliminary Chemistry Course (‘Bridging Course’). Over a period of 25 years the course resources have been modified, edited and improved and are now presented as this text. Combined, the authors have had more than 100 years of experience teaching basic chemistry at first year University level.

In addition, Don Radford is the author of more than 20 papers on chemistry and microbiology. Adrian George has 6 teaching awards at University, State and National level, a Grad Cert Ed, over 60 publications in refereed journals and was a major contributor to three books “The Essentials of Organic Chemistry” George, A.V.; Field, L.D.; Hambley, T.W.; 1996 Prentice Hall; “Chemistry The Central Science” Brown, LeMay, Bursten, Murphy, Woodward, Langford, Sagatys, George, 3rd Ed 2014, Pearson and “Chemistry The Central Science” Brown, LeMay, Bursten, Murphy, Woodward, Stoltzfus, Langford, George, 15th Global Ed 2022, Pearson.