1. Introduction. - 2. Structural Features and Preparation. - Classification and Definition. - Chemical Repeating Units. - Copolymers. - Preparation. - Branching Cross-Linking and Network Formation. - 3. Chain Structure. - Internal Rotation. - Disordered Chain Conformation. - Ordered Conformations. - 4. Rubbers and Glasses. - RubbersIntroduction. - Structural Basis for Rubber Elasticity. - Glass Formation. - Chemical Structure and Glass Formation. - Plasticizers. - 5. Crystalline Polymers and Fibers. - Crystal Structures. - Crystallization Process. - Undeformed CrystallizationMorphology and Properties. - Melting ProcessUndeformed Crystallization. - Fibers. - Mechanochemistry. - 6. Macromolecules of Biological Importance. - Polypeptides. - Conformational Properties of Polypeptides. - ProteinsGeneral. - Fibrous Proteins. - Globular Proteins. - Nucleic AcidsGeneral. - Deoxyribonucleic AcidDNA. - Ribonucleic AcidsRNA. - Epilogue: Macromolecules and Man. - Annotated Bibliography. Language: English