Chemistry and detective fiction: An interdisciplinary program for the

Chemistry and detective fiction: An interdisciplinary program for the nonscience major ... of the alienation harbored by many non-majors toward scienc...
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Chemistry and Detective Fiction An Interdisciplinary Program for the Nonscience Major Dominick A. Labianca and William J. Reeves Brooklyn College of The City University of New York. Brooklyn, NY 11210 One of the realities of higher education that nonscience maiors must confront is the science requirement, which, if 'I\YW 111e npti.m. n1:lny o i them w ~ l tlimin;~!~. d t ' r m ~their I I I I I I C ~ ~ ~ ~ I I I I I : IuI r~ r~ i ulx A i w r d s t itme. :a seIf.perwptim d t h r n l x ~ l v.;~a- oul,ider~in the :ilif.n \wrId 1)t -cience. the ws,-ien,.e i w u r s ~ I,, > I I ~ I I ~ ~ cour.Gt.s: C L . l:~,.k d r t ~ I w , ~ nt~~ I w.;e nrt, t.mnm t i ~ . ~ nm;,.i~nm tt. nlaltr; 1111, sa,ie~tce vieu .A iewe negatiwly : ~ n dI,, a v d , ii poyy,hit,rhcmistry, yeolcw. i ~ n dphysi~ A ~ ~ o t h r r pr