The World of Chemistry is a television series on introductory chemistry hosted by Nobel prize-winning chemist Roald Hoffmann. The series consists of 26 half-hour episodes exploring various topics in chemistry through experiments conducted by Don Showalter and interviews with working chemists. The series was produced by the University of Maryland College Park and funded by the Annenberg/CPB Project, and first aired on PBS in 1990. It is still widely used in high school chemistry courses. Chemistry (derived from the Arabic word kimia, alchemy, where al is Arabic for the) is the science that deals with the properties of organic and inorganic substances and their interactions with other organic and inorganic substances. ... Sir Edward Appletons medal Photographs of Nobel Prize Medals. ... Roald Hoffmann (born July 18, 1937 as Roald Safran --- Hoffmann is the surname of his stepfather) is an American theoretical chemist of Polish-Jewish origin. ... Don Showalter stars in the informational video series The World of Chemistry with fellow scientist Roald Hoffman. ... The University of Maryland, College Park (also known as UMD or UM, formerly UMCP) is a public coeducational university situated in suburban Maryland just outside Washington, DC. The flagship university of the University System of Maryland, it is commonly referred to as simply the University of Maryland, but the formal... PBS re-directs here; for alternate uses see PBS (disambiguation) PBS logo The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States. ... This article is about the year. ...
The World of Chemistry is appropriate for students taking high school or college chemistry, from introductory to advanced levels, and is easily applicable to different teaching approaches.
The relationships of chemistry to the other sciences and to everyday life are presented.
The structure and role of the nucleic acids, DNA and RNA, are investigated.
An introduction to the laws and principles of chemistry and their real-world applications, designed for high school and college students and adult learners.
Illustrates the use of scientific models to explain phenomena that are beyond the realm of ordinary perception.
Examines matter in its three principal statesgases, liquids, and solidsand relates the visible world to the submicroscopic.