Introduction to light absorption : visible and ultraviolet spectra / Robert K. Poole and Uldis Kalnenieks -- Fluorescence principles and measurement / Arthur G. Szabo -- Time-resolved fluorescence and phosphorescence spectroscopy / Thomas D. Bradrick and Jorge E. Churchich -- Introduction to circular dichroism / Alison Rodger and Matthew A. Ismail -- Quantitative determination of equilibrium binding isotherms for multiple ligand-macromolecule interactions using spectroscopic methods / Wlodzimierz Bujalowski and Maria J. Jezewska -- Steady-state kinetics / Athel Cornish-Bowden --Spectrophotometric assays / T.J. Mantle and D.A. Harris -- Stopped-flow spectroscopy / M.T. Wilson and J. Torres -- Stopped-flow fluorescence spectroscopy / Michael G. Gore and Stephen P. Bottomley -- Stopped-flow circular dichroism / Alison Rodger and Michael J. Carey -- Spectrophotometry and fluorimetry of cellular compartments and intracellular processes / C. Lindsay Bashford -- Use of optical spectroscopic methods to study the thermodynamic stability of proteins / Maurice R. Eftink and Haripada Maity -- The use of spectroscopic techniques in the study of DNA stability / John SantaLucia, Jr.