Contents: Introduction (J Keller); Spin Glass Hamiltonians: A Bridge Between Biology, Statistical Mechanics and Computer Science (P W Anderson); A New Optical Spectroscopy in Surface Science: Surface Anisotropy (R G Barrera & W L Machán); Liquid Crystal Paradigms of Condensed Matter Physics (P E Cladis); Future Trends in Calculating the Properties of Materials (M L Cohen); Charge Density Waves in Solids(G Grüner); Space Studies of the Electronic and Magnetic Structure of Metals (J Keller, C Amador & C de Teresa); Quasicrystals (J Keller & C de Teresa); Polymer Blends (C E Rangel-Nafaile); Interfacial Phase Transitions (A Robledo); Small Metallic Clusters (T M Sanders Jr); The Challenge of the Actinides (J L Smith); Trends in Rare Earth and Actinide Research (J Schoenes);