Why study reaction kinetics?; Time, concentration, and temperature; Experimental techniques; An introduction to theories of bimolecular reactions; Reaction dynamics; Unimolecular and association reactions; Reactions in solution; Surface reactions; Complex reactions; Straight chain reactions; Explosions and branched chain reactions; Negative feedback and oscillatory behaviour; Photochemistry; Appendix I: Fundamental constant; Appendix II: Units of energy; Appendix III: Conversion factors from pressure to concentration units and for various rate coefficients; Appendix IV: Absorption coefficients.