Dear Chemists,

Sometimes people ask me why you need to know what we’re teaching you in science. Well, the truth is that “you” probably don’t. For most of human history, humans were perfectly content thinking the earth was the center of the universe. They still went about their daily lives.

But we would never have sent humans to the moon if we hadn’t learned about the stars and created the tools to help us understand them. We would never have increased global life expectancy by decades if we didn’t have technologies that came from scientific discoveries.

What we learn is not just about us. Sometimes we’re just passing along the torch of knowledge.

Sincerely,

Mr. Heimbuck