Lecture, three hours; laboratory, two hours. Focus on most important advances made by humans in developing new molecules and materials, and how these discoveries affect our everyday life. These include development of paints, polymers, metals, fuels, drugs, energetic materials, radioactive substances, poisons, and many more. Connections are made between interplay of science, history, arts, and socio-economic factors driving technological development. Laboratory sections focus on small-scale experiments relevant to everyday life and complimentary to lecture topics. P/NP or letter grading.