Methods and Techniques for Synthesis, Characterization, Processing, and Modification of Polymers -- Synthesis of Macromolecules by Chain Growth Polymerization -- Synthesis of Macromolecules by Step Growth Polymerization -- Modification of Macromolecular Substances.The first English edition of this book was pubUshed in 1971 with the late Prof. Dr. Werner Kern as coauthor. In 1997, for the prepar…