Chemists and chemistry - Atoms, molecules, and ions - Stoichiometry - Types of chemical reactions and solution stoichiometry - Gases - Chemical equilibrium - Acids and bases - Applications of aqueous equilibria - Energy, enthalpy and thermochemistry - Spontaneity, entropy and free energy - Electrochemistry - Quantum mechanics and atomic theory - Bonding: general concepts - Covalent bonding: orbitals - Chemical kinetics - Liquids and solids - Properties of solutions - The representative elements - Transition metals and coordination chemistry - The nucleus: a chemist's view - Organic and biochemical molecules - Appendices