Magnetism in the nineties

This special volume aims at providing a historical perspective of the developments that have taken place since the first volume of the Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, that appeared in late 1975, to identify the most important issues and to provide a perspective for developments anticipated in the 1990's. The papers contained in this book cover many of the scientifically exciting and technologically important aspects of magnetism. They deal with research on various materials including amorphous, permanent and semiconducting magnets, magnetic and magneto-optic recording materials, strongly correlated electron systems and high Tc-superconductors. Several important experimental methods for measuring magnetic behaviour are covered, but the book also contains in-depth theoretical research of fundamental problems in magnetism