What is Chemistry ?
Your textbook probably defines Chemistry as the study of matter, but, at AUS-e-TUTE we think of Chemistry as the study of life, the universe and everything (with apologies to Douglas Adams and the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy). Your whole, entire body, is one big chemical factory. Every breath you take, every move you make, and every piece of food you digest, involves chemical reactions. Everything you see, touch, smell and taste during your life is made up of atoms. Even the way you perceive the world through your senses involves chemical reactions. And, in the fullness of time, when you die, a whole array of chemical processes takes place during decay. Indeed, the universe itself is just one big chemical factory, rearranging atoms and sub-atomic particles to produce elements and compounds. Planets are made up of rocks which are just an interesting arrangement of compounds, and an atmosphere is just a mixture of compounds separated by distance. Even the vast reaches of “near vacuum
Everything you hear, see, smell, taste, and touch involves chemistry and chemicals (matter). And hearing, seeing, tasting, and touching all involve intricate series of chemical reactions and interactions in your body. With such an enormous range of topics, it is essential to know about chemistry at some level to understand the world around us.
