Saturday, 30 March 2013

Is There a "Functioning Periodic Table?"

First Light.

Is the human race facing increasing challenges?
How many of those challenges have some basis in chemistry?

Greenhouse gases, of course. Pollution control. Water purification. Pharmaceuticals. Aircraft construction. Agricultural chemicals. Nutrition and food security.

As Irwin Talesnick was fond of asking: "What in the world isn't chemistry?"