Texts for a Non-Majors Undergraduate Course

Chemistry in Context: Applying Chemistry to Society

American Chemical Society, 2000.

McGraw Hill, Inc., NY

ISBN 0 697 36024 5

Table of content

1. The Air We Breathe

2. Protecting the Ozone Layer

3. The Chemistry of Global Warming

4. Energy, Chemistry, and Society

5. Take a Drink: The Wonder of Safe Drinking Water

6. Neutralizing the Threat of Acid Rain

7. The Fires of Nuclear Fission

8. New Energy Sources for the New Century

9. The World of Plastics and Polymers

10. Manipulating Molecules and Designing Drugs

11. Nutrition: Food for Thought

12. Genetic Engineering and the Chemistry of Heredity