Introduction -- Stress and Strain Analysis and Measurement -- Characteristics, Applications and Properties of Polymers -- Polymerization and Classification -- Differential Constitutive Equations -- Hereditary Integral Representations of Stress and Strain -- Time and Temperature Behavior of Polymers -- Elementary Viscoelastic Stress Analysis for Bars and Beams -- Viscoelastic Stress Analysis in Two and Three Dimensions -- Nonlinear Viscoelasticity -- Rate and Time-Dependent Failure: Mechanics and Predictive Models.