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| - Ok everyone, welcome to the first day of classes. I will be your professor for this semester so let's make this a great one. I'll be giving an introduction to our subject this class, which will give all of you some insight into what to expect over the next few weeks. Chemistry is the science of blowing things up. Chemistry has existed for years, maybe even forever. Sir Isaac Newton was a chemist in his spare time and the field of chemistry has had it's share of other famous figures dabble in it from time to time. Simply from it's description many may jump to the conclusion that the field of chemistry would be filled with pyromaniacs and those looking to do harm which is simply ludacris as the science of chemistry is a noble subject that would not be breached by ones who are so base. The study of chemistry came into prominence once it became obvious that humans loved to take drugs and blow things up. After that it literally exploded both in magnitude and complexity. The Chinese were pioneers in the field of chemistry for many years as they were the first to launch explosions into the air with fireworks. Unfortunately for the Chinese their secret got loose and advancements in chemistry were made throughout the rest of the world. Cannons were soon invented using properties of chemistry (particularly the exothermic ones) by the Arabs. In order to...In order- ah, sorry I'm not feeling too good, but I'll be fine. Anyway, in order to contain the chemical reactions large metal tubes were constructed so that no one would get hurt, well other than the people they were firing it at. Not long after that hand cannons were invented and from their hand guns. The invention of guns led to a popular slogan "Guns don't kill people, chemistry kills people." Chemistry has also been responsible for the development of bombs throughout history. Bombs, like cannons, have advanced through time. Developments in bomb technology has led to the invention of large police forces adding a chemistry squad in order to deal with bomb threats. Notable serial killer Ted Kaczynski applied chemistry in the use of his mail-order bombs. But- wait...that's not. Not every chemist is a serial killer ok? In any group there are bound to be... some... gah does anyone else feel like it's really stuffy in here? I just feel so....strange...
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