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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Larson, Ronald G. (Ronald Gary), 1953-
The structure and rheology of complex fluids/Ronald G. Larson.
p. cm.-(Topics in chemical engineering)
Includes bibliographical references and index.

(cloth)
1. Complex fluids. 2. Rheology. I. Title. II. Series: Topics chemical engineering (Oxford University Press)
QD549.2.C66L37 1998
530.4 ?2-dc21 98-19940
CIP

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Acknowledgments

This book is the product of efforts spread over a 5-year time span, from 1993 through 1997. During this period, I worked at three different institutions: Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey, the Isaac Newton Institute of Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. I am indebted to each of these great institutions for providing the support, infrastructure (especially library resources), and, most of all, the intellectual stimulation, without which my exertions would surely have come to naught. I thank Xina Quan and Department 11145 at Bell Laboratories, Tom McLeish, Ken Walters,...