The first of two volumes presenting an overview of the important research areas in which Professor H. Überall has done his life's work and constitutes a festschrift for this distinguished physicist. Each chapter is intended to serve as a bridge between advanced textbooks and the most recent research literature, thereby providing a valuable reference for active researchers as well as for graduate students.

Papers delivered during this Symposium are augmented by invited contributions, covering a wide range of subjects, both experimental and theoretical. Topics include low and medium energy nuclear physics, nucleon structure and reaction theory, nuclear models, polarization studies, electromagnetic moments, applications in astrophysics, atomic, surface and condensed matter physics.