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Preface; 1. Close binary stars - a historical review; 2. Two-bodyorbital motion; 3. The determination of orbits; 4. Perturbations, the Rochemodel, and mass exchange/loss; 5. Photometry and polarimetry - stellar sizesand shapes; 6. Masses and absolute dimensions for stars in binaries; 7. Theimaging of stellar surfaces and accretion structures; Problems; Outlineanswers; Bibliography.