About the Authors

Dr. Ball was a professor of chemistry at Cleveland State University in Ohio for over thirty years. He earned his PhD from Rice University in Houston, Texas. His specialty is physical chemistry, which he taught at the undergraduate and graduate levels. About 50 percent of his teaching was in general chemistry: chemistry for nonscience majors, GOB, and general chemistry for science and engineering majors. In addition to this text, he is the author of two math review books for chemistry students, a general chemistry textbook, a physical chemistry textbook with accompanying student and instructor solutions manuals, and three books on spectroscopy and light (published by SPIE Press). His publication list has over 240 items, roughly evenly distributed between research papers and articles of educational interest. Dr. Ball retired in 2020, but remains active in writing and online instruction.

Dr. Scott was a professor of chemistry at Southern Adventist University (SAU) in Collegedale, Tennessee for 24.5 years. She earned her PhD in biochemistry, with a minor in organic chemistry, from the University of California at Riverside. Her research has been in enzyme and peptide chemistry. Previous to SAU, she taught at Loma Linda University and the University of Wisconsin–River Falls. She has made several presentations at national American Chemical Society meetings and other workshops and conferences. She has also been very active in the development of teaching materials, having reviewed or contributed to other textbooks and test banks.

Dr. Hill was professor emeritus from the University of Wisconsin–River Falls. He earned his PhD from the University of Arkansas. As an organic chemist, he had more than fifty publications in refereed journals, most of which have an educational bent. He authored or coauthored several introductory level chemistry textbooks, all of which have gone into multiple editions. He also presented over sixty papers at national conferences, many relating to science education. He received several awards for outstanding teaching and had long been active in the American Chemical Society—both locally and nationally. Sadly, Dr. Hill passed away in August of 2017.