OK..that child is me. I am not actually a child but an old man (27 next month).. and in about 6 weeks I am going to university to study Applied Sciences at QUT. The thing is the kids books have been helping me as the "adult" books are hard to understand.
I haven't studied Chemistry since Year 10 and I got an E for it. ( Thats a fail x 2). The only accomplishment about that was that it was the only E I received in high school, few D's, some B's but mostly C's.
Anyway I need help because one of the courses coming up is Chemistry ( my major si Geosciences but this is a core course every science student must do). It is a daunting feeling.
My question remains- If you have asmall child in front of you who asks, What is chemistry and why is it important? What would you say?