Comprehensive Polymer Science: The Synthesis, Characterization, Reactions and Applications of Polymers 
Subtitle: Polymer Properties
Contributors: Colin Price (Editor)
Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Company
Published: August 1990
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 798
ISBN-13: 9780080362069
Subjects: Chemistry - Organic; Organic chemistry; Plastics & polymers technology; Polymer Chemistry; Polymer Engineering; Science; Science/Mathematics
First sentence: The earliest classification into condensation and addition polymers, proposed by Carothers and used for a long time, was based on the classical definitions given in organic chemistry of condensation and addition reactions, through which polymers are synthesized from suitable monomers or reactants.