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Chemistry: Atoms First 2e is a peer-reviewed, openly licensed introductory textbook produced through a collaborative publishing partnership between OpenStax and the University of Connecticut and UConn Undergraduate Student Government Association.

This text is intended to provide an in-depth introduction to the key ideas in chemistry. We have designed the book to show how these ideas are developed from simple to complex systems and how they relate to each other.

Although much of first-year chemistry is taught as a service course, Bruce and Patricia feel there is no reason that the intrinsic excitement and potential of chemistry cannot be the focal point of the text and the course. So, they emphasize the positive aspects of chemistry and its relationship to students' lives, which requires bringing in applications early and often.

Introduction to Chemistry is designed for a one-term introductory chemistry course. For many students, this course provides their first and what may be their only academic introduction to chemistry.

The first is the boxed feature titled, appropriately, ”Chemistry is Everywhere“. The second boxed feature focuses on chemistry that students likely indulge in every day: eating and drinking.

Introductory Chemistry is designed to cover the wide range of topics typically covered in a one-semester chemistry course for non-science majors. This re-mixed textbook is an adaptation of chapters predominantly from three open source chemistry texts- Boundless Chemistry by LumenLearning, Chemistry: Atoms First (2e) by OpenStax, and General Chemistry: Principles, Patterns, and Applications by Salyor Academy.