This book will appeal particularly to physicists interested in the foundation and initial development of modern physics in Japan. In addition, it provides short reviews of the current status and trends of a wide range of fields of physics.

Inhalt
I Memorial Session.- Yoshio Nishina, the Pioneer of Modern Physics in Japan.- Yoshio Nishina, a Founder of Modern Science in Japan.- In Memory of Dr. Yoshio Nishina.- To the Conference Commemorating the Centenary of Yoshio Nishina.- Oskar Klein and Yoshio Nishina.- Does Physics Ever Come to an End?.- II Scientific Session.- Where Do We Go from Here?.- Dynamical Symmetry Breaking.- Problems in Nuclear Physics.- Directions of Heavy Ion Physics.- The Nucleus as an Assembly of Quarks.- How Has Space Astrophysics Expanded the Horizon of Physics?.- Chaos and Complexity: The Results of Non-linear Processes in the Physical World.- New Trends in the Physics of Phase Transitions.- Nuclear Fusion, Its Physics and Technology.- Cold Fusion Does It Have a Future?.- High Temperature Superconductivity: History and General Review.- SO(4) Symmetry in a Hubbard Model.- Some Trends in Solid State Physics.- From Physics to Synergetics.- Physics, Computation, and Biology.- Order in Molecular Biology.- Closing Address: History of RIKEN.- Index of Contributors.