Contents: Molecules as Objects of Study; Methods of Molecular Optics; Refractometry; Dielcometry; Methods for Determining Optical Inhomogeneity of Molecules; Polarimetry; Spectropolarimetry - The Polarimetry of the 20th Century; The Faraday Effect. Magnetic Spectropolarimetry; Magnetochemistry; Optical Spectroscopy; Electron Spectroscopy; Infrared Spectroscopy; Raman Scattering; Radio-spectroscopy; Electron Paramagnetic (Spin) Resonance; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance; Carbon Resonance; Chemical Polarisation of Nuclear and Other Magnetic Effects; Gamma-Resonance (Moessbauer) Spectroscopy; Nobel Laureats Who Have Made Outstanding Contributions to the Development of Physical Methods and Structural Analysis; The Father of Theoretical Physics; References; Name Index with Commentary; Literature.

Author Biography

V A Afanasiev and G E Zaikov, Editors