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This volume grew out of a conference held at the Norwegian Institute of Technology, University of Trondheim, in Trondheim, Norway, June 2-4, 1993. The aim of this conference was to commemorate the 90th birthday of Lars Onsager, who had been a student at the Institute. The conference was (excellently) organized by Per C. Hemmer, together with Helge Holden, Erik Lund, Signe Kjelstrup Ratkje, Harald A. Oye, and Geir Walso. A list of lectures follows this preface...