Preface; List of contributing authors; Contents; 1 Optical spectroscopy and calorimetry; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Absorption spectroscopy; 1.3 Fluorescence; 1.4 Circular dichroism; 1.5 Transient electric birefringence; 1.6 Calorimetry; 1.6.1 Isothermal titration calorimetry; 1.6.2 …