Ws preferableter -- Air -- Life itself (A): How can we get energy to live with? -- Life itself (B): Why are we like our parents? -- Clothing and Shelters – Polymer Material -- Mineral nutrition.-  Stories of Drug Development -- Fireworks – A Carnival of Chemicals -- Light Sticks, Fireflies and Color TV -- Ceramics -- Diamond, Graphite, Bucky Ball and Nanotubes                   (Fun with Carbon) -- Perfumes -- Chemistry of the Universe -- Chemistry of the Earth -- Environmental Issues – Inorganic Pollutants -- Environmental Issues – Organic Pollutants -- Use, Abuse and Misuse of Chemicals -- Domain of Chemistry -- Chemistry’s View of the Material World -- Chemicals and Light -- Are Atoms and Molecules for Real?  Can we see them?.

Chemicals often have a negative Image among the general public. But there is no material world or indeed human beings without chemicals. The material world is operated by chemicals. The title ‘Chemicals for Life and Living’ implies that the material world is staged and played by chemicals. The book consists of five parts and an appendix. Part 1 – Essentials for life; Part 2 – Enhancing health; Part 3 – For the fun of life; Part 4 – Chemistry of the universe and earth, and Part 5 - Some negative effects of chemicals. The appendix gives a brief summary of what chemistry is all about, including a short chapter of chemical principles. No quantitative calculations are included in this book so that it is appealing for everyone – not just chemists.