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Chemistry (derived from alchemy) is the science of interactions between matter at or near the atomic scale. Such matter includes atoms and collections of atoms (such as molecules, crystals, and metals) that constitute materials encountered in everyday life. Chemistry deals with the composition and statistical properties of such structures, as well as their transformations and interactions. According to modern chemistry, the physical properties of materials are generally determined by their structure at the atomic scale. Chemistry is, along with physics, one of the most fundamental natural sciences.
Introduction
Chemistry is often called the central science because it connects other sciences, such as physics, material science, nanotechnology, biology and geology. Chemistry encompasses many specific specialized sub-disciplines that often overlap with significant portions of other sciences. Sub-disciplines, however, are very specific to chemistry, for example, they allow the manufacturing and testing of stronger materials, the synthesis of pharmaceuticals to treat disease, and determination of the mechanisms behind life processes.
A fundamental component of chemistry is that matter is involved. Chemistry may involve the interaction of matter with matter, or, involve matter with non-material phenomena such as energy. Most central and traditional to chemistry is the interaction of one substance with another such as in a chemical reaction where one substance or substances is transformed into another. This may involve electromagnetic radiation (as in photochemistry) where a chemical reaction is driven by the stimulation of light energy. However the chemical reaction is only part of a larger field that also studies matter in other ways. Chemical spectroscopists for example study the interaction of light with matter often without any reaction occurring.
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Chemistry and Philosophy - Resources and texts available online, from the home page of J.E. Earley, Sr. of Georgetown University.
Coping with the Growth of Chemical Knowledge - Challenges for Chemistry Documentation, Education, and Working Chemists. A preprint of: Educación Química, Vol 10, No. 2. An abstract by Joachim Schummer.
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Environmental Philosophy - Dr. Jagadeesh, Dept. of Chemistry, Govt. Engineering College at Trichur, Kerala, India, is a technocentric environmentalist interested in pollution from automobile exhausts, catalytic converters, speciation of heavy metals, and chemical modeling.
Eric Scerri - Leading researcher on history and philosophy of chemistry, especially of the Periodic Table. Contains list of publications and research interests.
HYLE - Refereed international journal for the philosophy of chemistry, available in full online.
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International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry - Official site of the ISPC. Site includes resource and membership information.
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Philosophy for High School Chemistry - Text from a discussion by Dr. Frank Jenkins, of Ross Sheppard High School.
Philosophy of Chemistry Electronic Discussion Group - Maintained by the University of South Carolina Philosophy of Chemistry department, this is an international electronic forum devoted to the discussion of philosophical issues that arise in chemistry.
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Research projects: Philosophy of Chemistry - From the home page of Joachim Schummer, who teaches the subject at the Institute of Philosophy, University of Karlsruhe, Germany. The text elaborates pecularities of chemistry in various philosophical aspects and in comparison to other sciences and technologies.
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