From the Contents: Introduction -- Physical Structure of Macromolecules -- Experimental Methods to Determine Molecular Quantities -- Structure and States of Polymers -- Linear Viscoelastic Deformation Behavior in Simple Shear -- Time-Temperature Shift of Mechanical Properties -- Linear Viscoelastic Deformation under Three-Dimensional Stresses -- Fundamentals of the Rheology of Large Deformations -- Large Deformations of Polymers -- Rheological Equations of State.-Shear Rheology -- Extensional Rheology -- Rheological Properties and Molecular Structure -- Thermorheological Behavior of Various Polymer Melts -- Rheometry -- Measurements of Flow Fields of Polymer Melts by Laser-Doppler Velocimetry -- Rheological Properties and Processing.