"Version: 202110"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction : a historical overview -- 1.1. Charges and fields -- 1.2. Electrostatics of systems with distributed charges -- 1.3. The concept of electric double layerpart I. Theory. 2. The origin of charge at interfaces involving electrolyte solutions -- 2.1. Effects of the surface chemical reactions and the charge regu…