Covers advanced topics in the fields of Condensed Matter Physics, Nuclear and Intermediate Energy physics, High Energy physics and Electronic Science. In twelve contributions eminent scientists review the current status and present some of their original research work. In the area of solid state and materials physics, magnetism, mixed valent systems, quantum dots, standing X-ray waves and electronic materials and devices are discussed. In the nuclear physics and intermediate energy physics, there are contributions on nuclear structure, structure of hadrons and strange matter in cosmology along with a contribution on string theory.