The Book of a Large Team of American Scientists and Educators is an educational publication developed under the auspices of the American Chemical Society. The book currently serves as the primary chemistry textbook in 60% of American comprehensive schools. Its beneficial difference from other textbooks is that the tasks of general chemical education at the secondary school level are solved unconventionally. The content of the main school course is covered, including both theoretical and practical aspects, however, the main organizing principle of the presentation and systematization of the material is the most pressing problems of modern society in everyday human life, the solution of which is impossible without chemical knowledge: development of natural resources, supplying humanity with drinking water, food, medicines, environmental protection, energy, etc. The book is equipped with well-thought-out illustrative material, a set of questions, tasks, experiments, which makes it extremely valuable for a mass school.