Chapter 11, “The Chemical Elements”, was of great interest to me. “Chemistry is the study is the study of the composition and structure of matter (anything that has mass) and the chemical reactions by which substances are changed into other substances (James T. Shipman 285).” In this summary paper, I will discuss some of the highlights of the chapter. The way I see it, God is the original/first chemist. He took His own creations (the elements in our Periodic Table) to make provisions for His ultimate creation, mankind. He made oxygen for use to breathe. God combined hydrogen and oxygen, in the right combination, to create water. He left precious metals like gold and silver for mankind’s use, and all of the other elements. The
