This book provides a fascinating array of examples of chemistry at work, spanning topics from the aurora, to medicine, to sticky notes. The explanations begin with the basics, followed by more detailed analyses that show why it is interesting, fun, and useful to learn the underlying chemical principles. This much-enjoyed book, now fully revised and expanded, illustrates how chemistry governs much of our everyday experience and interaction with the world around us. -- from Back Cover. One of the greatest challenges facing chemists and chemical educators today is conveying the central importance and relevance of chemistry to students and society at large. Chemistry Connections: The Chemical Basis of Everyday Phenomena highlights and the fundamental role of chemical principles in governing our everyday experiences and observations through a collection of provocative, topical questions. Introductory chemistry students and educators as well as laypersons with an inquisitiveness about the world around them will find the book an informative introduction to the context of chemistry in their lives. Chemistry Connections is written in a question-and-answer format with presentations in both lay and technical terms. -- Publisher's description

Connections to atomic properties -- Connections to gases -- Connections to solutions -- Connections to solids -- Connections to chemical reaction types -- Connections to acids and bases -- Connections to intermolecular forces -- Connections to phases and phase transitions -- Connections to equilibria -- Connections to thermodynamics -- Connections to kinetics -- Connections to light -- Connections to organic chemistry -- Connections to polymers -- Connections to materials -- Connections to biochemistry -- Connections to the environment.