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Chemistry through the eyes of the public
Pospíšilová, Barbora ; Teplý, Pavel (advisor) ; Teplá, Milada (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the public view on chemistry. It has two parts: theoretical and practical. In the first chapter of the theoretical part I briefly describe the development of chemistry in six epoches from the oldest one to the modern period. The second chapter is devoted to the roles of chemistry in today's society. The third chapter is focused on the public view of chemistry or chemical products. In this chapter I am discussing the public's fear of chemistry, position of chemistry as a school subject, attempts to reduce the chemistry position in some industrial fields (replacing standard food with organic food and classical plastics with bioplastics) or who influences the opinions on chemistry. In the fourth chapter of theoretical part I deal with the attitudes and their evaluation. The practical part is based on a questionnaire survey realized using an electronic questionnaire. The basic information about the respondents and more detailed analysis of some of the respondents answears are presented in the evaluation of this questionnaire. There is also the analysis of the correlation between the individual answers. Key words: chemistry, opinion, attitude, chemophobia, questionnaire, chemical industry, organic food
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