Chemical Science & Engineering Research
Title
Chemical and Material Science for Humanity and Social Science
Authors
Takashiro Akitsu
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan.
*Corresponding author E-mail address: akitsu2@rs.tus.ac.jp
Article History
Publication details: Received: 27th September 2021; Revised: 22nd October 2021; Accepted: 22nd October 2021; Published: 02nd November 2021
Cite this article
Akitsu T. Chemical and Material Science for Humanity and Social Science. Chem. Sci. Eng. Res., 2021, 3(8), 30-32.
Abstract
This is based on the outline of an invited lecture at an international conference on the theme of "Science and Society”. Based on chemistry, I analysed an old painting for art conservation. Recently, I have picked up chemical terms found in history textbooks. The use of materials (excluding food and medical) may be classified into money, weapons, energy, clothing, building etc. Technical restrictions must be significant different from normal history from the viewpoint of arts or humanity such as war, politics, economy, and culture. As for biology and earth science textbooks, chemistry and physics played a fundamental role for explanation of certain phenomena. Chemistry is also important in resource economics and court appraisals. Interdisciplinary research often faces gaps between disciplines even in natural sciences. In contrast to success about fire explosion dangerous substances from the viewpoint of inorganic chemistry, I failed to collaborate with mathematician for discussing chemical studies. Collaboration is difficult without the same values and mutual understanding, though cartoons and parables may be effective for enlightenment and education.
Keywords
Chemistry; Humanity; Social Science; Natural Science; Mutual Understanding