I — Introduction and Advanced Topics in Magnetic Resonance.- Lectures.- Magnetic Resonance. An Introduction.- Line-broadening Influences and Line-narrowing Techniques in Solid State NMR.- Mathematical Techniques Important in Magnetic Resonance.- Two-Dimensional NMR Spectroscopy.- Electron Spin Echo Spectroscopy and the Study of Hyperfine Interactions in Solids.- Electron-Nuclear Double Resonance of Charcoals.- Mössbauer Spectroscopy as an Analytical Tool in Coal Utilization.- II — Topics in Fossil Energy.- Lectures.- Challenges in Fossil Energy Chemistry.- Oil Shales. What they are, and what are their Resources.- Kerogen. A Brief Description of Sedimentary Organic Matter and of its Study by Analytical Methods other than NMR.- Coal Properties, Resources and Utilization.- Conversion of Bituminous Coal to Liquids and Gases: Chemistry and Representative Processes.- III — Paradigms of Magnetic Resonance in Fossil Energy Studies.- Lectures.- Quantitative 13C and 1H NMR of Crude Oil Petroleum and Coal Liquefaction Products.- 13C-NMR Multi-Pulse Sequences for the Analysis of Coal and Petroleum Products.- Coal Aromaticity.- E.P.R. in Fossil Carbonaceous Materials.- Applications of Dynamic Nuclear Polarization in Coal Research.- Informations on the Chemical Structures of Liquid Fuels and Coals by Combustion Process Studies.- Papers.- Teaching the New NMR: a Computer-Aided Introduction to the Density Matrix Treatment of Double-Quantum Spectrometry.- Instrumentation Considerations in Solid State NMR Analysis.- Quantitative Aspects of Structural Resolution Methods in CP.MAS 13C NMR.- Some examples of 13C NMR Applications to Oil Shales.- Counting Carbon Spins in CP-MAS Spectra of Fossil Fuels.- 13C NMR Investigation of the Chemical Structures of Coking and Non-Coking Coals in the Original and Reductively Alkylated Solid States.- Solid State 1H and 13C NMR Studies of Pitches.- A Magnetic Resonance Study of Native and Modified Illinois Coal.- Temperature-Dependent Proton T1 and T1? Study of Oil Shales.- Proton Spin-Lattice Relaxation in Coals of Varying Rank.- Reaction Time 1H NMR Studies of Thermal Transformation Processes of Fossil Fuels.- Electron Spin Echo and ENDOR Studies of Coals.- The Electron Spin Echo Characteristics of Several Bituminous Coals.- ESR of Carbon Radicals in Isolated Coal Macerals.- Study of Paramagnetic Centers in Natural and Solvent Refined Coal by Multi-frequency ESR, ENDOR and ESE Modulation Spectroscopy.- EPR Study of Excited Triplet States and Interactions between the Molecular Phases in Coal 667.- Chemical Structure and Hydroliquefaction Reactivity of Coal.- Naturally Abundant 17O Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and the Determination of Oxygen Functionalities in Synthetic Fuels.- Functional Group Analysis of Coal Liquids.- Analysis of Middle Distillate Fuels by Flow Liquid Chromatography/Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.- Complementary Application of Chromatography, Mass Spectrometry and NMR Spectroscopy to the Study of U.K. Coal Maceral Extracts.- 600 MHz Proton Magnetic Resonance Study of Coal-Derived Liquids.- A Review of Recent Mechanistic Studies of the Iron and Tin Catalysed Hydroliquefaction of Victorian Brown Coal.- Extraction Study of Turkish Lignites: Çan, Soma and Tunçbilek.- Oxygen-17 and Sulfur-33 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Organosulfur Compounds.- A Multinuclear NMR Study of the Interaction of Cis-Platin, a Potent Antitumor Agent, with DNA-Bases.- IV - Research Prospects.- Lectures.- Research Needs, Opportunities and Prospects.- Index of Subjects.