Have you always perceived chemistry as a form of (black) magic? Unjustly! Every time you take a photo, wash something, glue, or paint, you are practicing chemistry – and cooking is, after all, applied biochemistry. The book addresses special chemistry in a new way: in the inorganic section, the structure of orbitals and the periodic table are explained, along with discussions of individual elements, focusing on understanding and connections. A variety of examples and applications from everyday life are illustrated, such as trace elements and nutrition, ozone, greenhouse effect, and more. The organic section covers the theory of reaction mechanisms, isomerism, nomenclature, and similar topics. This lays the foundation for special organic chemistry. The analytical part introduces methods, explaining only the fundamental principles.