Title page -- Table of contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Chemical structure of polymers -- 3 Nature of molecular motion in polymers -- 4 The glass to rubber transition -- 5 The glass state -- 6 Crystallinity -- 7 The rubber state -- 8 The liquid/melt state -- 9 Drawing and fracture -- 10 Dynamic mechanical relaxation -- 11 Acoustic (ultrasonic) relaxation -- 12 Dielectric relaxation -- 13 Photophysics of polymers (excited state relaxation) -- 14 Conductivity in polymer systems -- 15 Diffusion in polymers