TY - BOOK AU - Pierce, James B. TI - The chemistry of matter AV - QD 31.2 .P54 1970 PY - 1970/// CY - Boston, Massachusetts PB - Houghton Mifflin Company KW - CHEMISTRY N1 - Includes index; Part One. The mole -- Part Two. States of matter -- Part Three. Energetics -- Part Four. Reactions -- Appendices N2 - The impact of these changes has made educators aware of the need to upgrade courses and curricula. In chemistry there has been a proliferation of introductory books each displaying its author's solution to the problem of offering an adequate, but understandable, course ER -