chapter 1 Principles of Differential Scanning Calorimetry -- chapter 2 Optimizing DSC Experiments -- chapter 3 Pharmaceutical Applications of DSC -- chapter 4 Modulated Temperature Differential Scanning Calorimetry -- chapter 5 Thermogravimetric Analysis: Basic Principles -- chapter 6 Thermogravimetric Analysis: Pharmaceutical Applications -- chapter 7 Thermal Microscopy -- chapter 8 Principles and Pharmaceutical Applications of Isothermal Microcalorimetry -- chapter 9 High-Sensitivity Differential Scanning Calorimetry -- chapter 10 Thermorheological (Dynamic Oscillatory) Characterization of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Polymers -- chapter 11 The Use of Thermally Stimulated Current Spectroscopy in the Pharmaceutical Sciences.