An affordable ($19.99) on-line textbook that updates and extends older traditional texts by Paul Painter and Mike Coleman:

• Covers the major topics in the field – polymer synthesis, structure, properties and processing.
• Includes new chapters on natural polymers and polymer matrix composites.
• Contains links to animations and supplementary material on specific polymers and some of the great scientists and entrepreneurs that have contributed to the field.
• Sample chapters available for preview (in primitive pdf format).