IUPAC

Symposium on Che Chemistry & Culture mistry and Culture

Creativity, passion and the urge for expression and exploration are essential human qualities
that inspire science, the arts, and the humanities, and thus constitute a common bond among them.
In this symposium we will explore, discuss, and cultivate the intellectual and emotional links between
science, the arts, and the humanities and focus on the effect culture has on the development of science
and how culture is affected by the chemical sciences.

Monday, August 1, 2011
These presentations were taken from the Chemistry and Culture Symposium, presented on Monday, August 1, 2011,
at the 43rd International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry World Chemistry Congress in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Organized by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri
University of Wisconsin-Madison
2011 ACS President-Elect

	Michael Weisberg University of Pennsylvania Department of Philosophy Why is There So Little Chemistry in Our Culture? View his presentation (1.31 MB PDF)
	Deborah L. Blum University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Journalism & Mass Communication Poison and Prohibition: How jazz-age chemistry changed American culture View her presentation (502 KB PDF)
	Daniel Rabinovich University of North Carolina at Charlotte Department of Chemistry Hydrogen to copernicium: Postage stamps as cultural icons in the IYC View his presentation (10.4 MB PDF)
	Roald Hoffmann Cornell University Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Protochemistries are the bridge View his presentation (4.3 MB PDF)
	Bassam Z. Shakhashiri University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Chemistry On science literacy and culture View his presentation (4.87 MB PDF)