|Your textbook probably defines Chemistry as the study of
matter, but, at AUS-e-TUTE we think of Chemistry as the study of
life, the universe and everything (with apologies to Douglas
Adams and the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy). Your whole,
entire body, is one big chemical factory. Every breath you take,
every move you make, and every piece of food you digest,
involves chemical reactions. Everything you see, touch, smell
and taste during your life is made up of atoms. Even the way you
perceive the world through your senses involves chemical
reactions. And, in the fullness of time, when you die, a whole
array of chemical processes takes place during decay. Indeed,
the universe itself is just one big chemical factory,
rearranging atoms and sub-atomic particles to produce elements
and compounds. Planets are made up of rocks which are just an
interesting arrangement of compounds, and an atmosphere is just
a mixture of compounds separated by distance. Even the vast
reaches of "near vacuum" between stars and pla