Celebrating the International Year of Chemistry in 2011

摘要

Why should we celebrate chemistry? With their typical humility, chemists will tell you that there is nothing in the world that does not involve chemistry. All known matter - gas, liquid and solid -is composed of the chemical elements or of compounds made from those elements. Humankinds understanding of the material nature of our world is grounded in our knowledge of chemistry. Indeed, all living processes are controlled by chemical reactions.