Describes recent developments in high performance thermoplastic resins and their composites and assesses the benefits and limitations of these emerging materials for aerospace and other applications. The information in the book is from A review of high performance thermoplastic resins and their composites , by Sylvie Beland of the Institute for Aerospace Research of the National Research Council of Canada, for the National Research Council of Canada, February 1990. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.