You are encouraged to use e-mail. This course is a unique exercise in chemistry. It looks at the interplay between chemistry and life, in general. Consequently it invites you to take advantage of knowledge from other fields such as economics, business, law, the social sciences, psychology, education, sociology, the arts, or things you glean from the newspaper. There is a lot to be learned.
Books are generally too comprehensive and our text is no exception.
We will put much emphasis on certain key concepts and skills while others are discussed only briefly or are even dropped altogether. I will make an effort to tell you which concepts are important and what can be left alone, for now. To this end, it is important that you bring your book to every lecture. I will, for example, tell you to study the first paragraph of chapter xyz on page abc. It is probably a good idea to make a note of this during class or use a highlighter.