Introduction -- Mixtures and pure substances -- Chemical change, the source of new substances -- The laws of chemical change -- Energy -- The kinetic molecular theory of matter and its explanation internal energy -- Molecular formulas and the atomic weight scale -- The structure of atoms: The failure of the Daltonian atom -- The structure of atoms: Bohr's theory of the hydrogen atom -- Families of elements and the periodic chart -- The structure of atoms: Atoms with more than one electron -- Principles of compound formation: Ionic compounds -- Principles of compound formation: covalent compounds -- The architecture of covalent molecules -- Reactions of covalent molecules -- The atomic nucleus -- Nuclear reactions and nuclear energy.