Un día sin química

¿Os podéis imaginar un día sin química? Yo no, pero en la American Chemical Society han hecho el esfuerzo y han editado un video (duración de menos de 2 minutos) de lo que sería un día sin química. Por supuesto, el video está editado en blanco y negro, pues tenemos colores gracias a la química.

El video lo podéis encontrar en http://bytesizescience.com/index.cfm/2011/1/20/A-Day-Without-Chemistry.

Un día sin química sería un día sin:

Dia sin quimica

En esta imagen (del video) se indican algunas aportaciones de la química para nuestro bienestar diario. El video y esta imagen son suficientes para destacar el papel de la química.

Bernardo Herradón

IQOG-CSIC

herradon@iqog.csic.es

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