So, normally at this point, we do actually start class with a little bit of history from alchemy to modern chemistry, but I decided to skip that this year.

通常在这个时候,我们要从一些从炼金术,到现代化学的历史出发正式开始我们的课程。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

And there will be a little bit of history in there, but this is mostly modern chemistry and represents the basic properties of matter, and it's basic properties of all matter, including living matter, which was what really interested me, that connection between chemistry and biology.

它们都有一些历史，但都是最现代的化学,代表了物质的最基本的性质，而且是所有物质的最基本性质，包括生物，这个让我很感兴趣，因为它连接着化学和生物学。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

And so the first three chapters take you through the history of chemistry starting with Democritus.

前三章将带你们回顾,化学的历史，由Democritus开始。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选