Chemistry Today & Tomorrow

This highly accessible book seeks to inspire future chemists by presenting the practical contributions that chemistry makes to civilized life, and by explaining how chemists make these contributions. Students and general readers alike will benefit from the concise history and overview of the discipline, as well as from the pertinent, everyday examples that appear throughout the text. Ideal for introductory chemistry courses and as a supplement to more technical texts, Chemistry Today and Tomorrow presents one of the oldest sciences in a fresh and exciting way that will appeal to the average reader.