“Chemistry literacy” is very poor in the general public because it has very few everyday applications, so everything learnt at school just drops out of people’s brains.
That’s why your hear nonsense like “It has chemicals in it!!!”
It’s also why you regularly see science fiction where characters can grow in seconds, totally breaking the law of conservation of matter.
“Chemistry literacy” is very poor in the general public because it has very few everyday applications, so everything learnt at school just drops out of people’s brains.
That’s why your hear nonsense like “It has chemicals in it!!!”
It’s also why you regularly see science fiction where characters can grow in seconds, totally breaking the law of conservation of matter.