Discoveries in Chemistry and Their Impacts on Public Life

For most of my childhood, I have been fascinated by the power that science has to transform humanity. Due to this belief, I developed a keen interest in the science of chemistry. In my opinion, chemistry is a puzzle that provides insight about our surroundings, similarly, by attending Tufts University I will gain different viewpoints which I will use to pursue my future endeavors. Consequently, the endless opportunities at Tufts University combined with my passion for new discoveries, commitment to fruitful endeavors and the determination required for success will produce a stimulating learning environment in which I feel I belong.

Introduction The purpose of this lab was to introduce chemical development as a way to develop latent fingerprints and to demonstrate two of these methods: cyanoacrylate fuming and iodine fuming. These two methods are regularly used to develop latent fingerprints. Cyanoacrylate (or superglue) fuming was discovered as a way to develop prints in the late 1970s. The fumes of heated cyanoacrylate react with the bodily fluids of a fingerprint.

Chemistry relates to everything we touch, see, smell, hear, and taste because atoms make up everything in the universe. Chemistry influences so much in our everyday lives that it is hard to think of an activity that does not involve a chemical process in some way. The science also plays a major role in the human body. Our bodies are made up of chemicals, in fact almost 96% of our body mass is made up of four different elements: hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen. Besides the physical way I am affected by elements, chemistry also majorly affects me in my line of work as a certified nursing assistant. As a certified nursing assistant I work in a nursing home and

I have always known that I wanted to pursue an education in science; there were simply too many questions in this world that had yet to be answered. Never did I expect my love of music, however, to have truly inspired and intertwined with my love for chemistry. This, I learned, is because my admiration for music and chemistry are one and the same. Music has taught me that chemistry is also a form of art. I first

Prior to high school, my uncle was my chemistry teacher. As a food scientist, he was to me a great inventor who knew everything about the magic of taste, texture, and aroma; I still remember his lecture on “good” chocolate and how cocoa butter—solid at room temperature—melts readily in our mouths. Raised on an early appreciation for the power of applied science, I am now driven toward chemical science by a desire to uncover solutions to challenges in the modern world.

I am sitting here completely dumb founded as I think about chemistry. How does chemistry relate to me? How do I relate chemistry? It is such a subject that I am unsure of how it fits into my life other than a class I took in high school. As I dig deeper instead of just scratching the surface, I realize that I use and will be going to use chemistry more and more in my life.

Chemistry is the science that goes back into the ancient ages. The early stages of chemistry include the brewing of the wine, glass making, and cheese making. Early european chemists, who were called alchemist, were obsessed with researching. Transportation underwent significant transformation during the industrial revolution in the early 1800s. American Robert Fulton built the first commercially successful steamboat and by the mid 19th century, steamships were carrying goods across the Atlantic.

Our group decided on the science understanding of chemical science as our theme through strong influence from the Victorian Curriculum, as we adapted our unit of work to focus on the ‘Three States of Matter’ that centred around looking specifically at solids, liquids and gases in detail. We thought that this unit topic would be a fun and interesting to plan and create a sequence of six lessons with student-centred and hands-on activities throughout. I felt our presentation went informative in the sense of highlighting and addressing all our Victorian Curriculum components, although instead of just reading out all the content descriptors it would have been more beneficial to just focus and pinpoint how it relates, and how it was incorporated

With the influence of “micro-evolution,” science is evolving at a relatively fast pace. We as humans, are also evolving at a rate in which we still today have many unanswered questions; pushing us to make this new technology to learn more. Our own health is always changing across decades, keeping us up to date on finding new information about the human body. Our bodies are composed of human and microbial components, making us supraorganisms. (Costello et al 2012) Meaning we have advanced functions and work in units, to make us superior to other organisms on the Earth. (Turnbaugh)

I had no idea chemistry affected this much of my life, so it was extremely mind opening. Before I took this class, when I had saw the movie, I just saw the superficial part of the movie. It was cool to see some action, and a plot of some superheroes saving humans. However, with the concept of chemistry, it broadened my understanding of the movie, and unlocked some new things I hadn’t seen at first. This defiantly changed my point of view on chemistry for the best, because it cool to think about how it applies to little aspects and how chemistry makes up of life.

Filled with shiny, colorful pictures of elements in their many applications, the book was my first in-depth introduction to chemistry. Two pages were dedicated to each element and explained the most common uses. I started to spend time pondering what was in some of the objects around me. I viewed objects more in their elemental sense rather than “plate material” or “cardboard material”. Since then, I’ve only tried to expand my knowledge of the chemical makeup of my world.

The studies of chemistry and physics have shaped understanding of the world today. In fact, they have altered the mindset and reasoning of society, leading to an age in which discoveries are consistently being sought after and achieved. However, it must be noted that the origin for the basis of understanding used today in fields such as chemistry derived almost entirely from the scientists of the 1800’s. In this thorough and precise essay, the incubator for some of the world’s most innovative researchers and pioneers in chemistry and physics will be discussed – the Cavendish Laboratory.

Paint is rarely interesting. Phrases like ‘watching paint dry’ sum this up rather easily. No one would willing have a whole conversation about paint. Unfortunately for you, that is the focus of this entire essay. The concept of painting is rather simple. Simple enough for primitive humans to paint their cave walls with charcoal, berry juice, lard, blood, or sap. In modern times the composition of paint has changed and so has the process by which it is made. Modern paint has four main parts: pigment, resin, solvent, and additives. Pigments are what add the color. They are split into two categories: prime pigments and extender pigments. Prime pigments include titanium dioxide, chrome green oxide, red iron oxide, etc. Extender pigments include

Throughout history chemistry has had a large impact on the field of medicine. Things such as

Chemistry has been called the science of what things are. Its intent is the exploration of the nature of the materials that fabricate our physical environment, why they hold the different properties that depict them, how their atomic structure may be fathomed, and how they may be manipulated and changed.