Introduction 351
Part I. A succession of concepts 352
1. Cooperativity 352
2. Cosolvent interaction 352
3. Linearity 354
4. Solvent exchange 354
5. Excluded volume 356
6. Summation 357
Part II
1. The Kirkwood–Buff approach 357
Acknowledgments 360
References 360
In Part I the history of progress in the stabilization and destabilization of protein conformations by means of cosolvents is outlined in terms of distinct conceptual steps. In Part II it is shown that a straightforward application of the Kirkwood–Buff theory of solutions leads to formulas for the preferential interaction and the free energy of unfolding, which confirm and generalize the results of Part I.