Seventy-three papers, grouped into the two major subjects of metastable phases and nanocrystalline materials, represent the August-September 1999 symposium held in Dresden, Germany. Individual papers consider research in metallic systems, polymers, fullerenes, nanotubes, bulk metallic glasses, layers, coatings, mechanical alloying, milling, rapidly quenched precursors, and mechanochemistry, among other subjects. The volume, which is not indexed, is distributed by Enfield. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR