INTRODUCTION TO MOLECULAR SCIENCE �| CHEMISTRY AND HUMAN LIFE �|

Yoshihisa INOUE

Objective
   How many different objects can you see around you? Maybe, too many to count. Then, widen your view and imagine how they can be made. Most of the things we use in daily life are different or modified from the substances and materials in natural state.
   Is there any order or simple rule in making up the matter? The science of chemistry addresses such a fundamental question. Life itself involves a very intricate sequence of chemical changes of matter.
   Chemistry also contributes a lot to solving the global issues of vital importance with which we are confronting, such as our environment, foods, resources, energies, and diseases by way of controlling chemical reactions.
   This course will focus on several important topics of current chemistry that are closely related to the human life and our society.