THE MOSSBAUER-EFFECT AND BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS

A few remarks about the early days of the Mossbauer effect will show h ow much the field has changed in thirty-five years. Some speculations about the future of physics indicate that complex systems will form a major field. Proteins may be the simplest systems that show true compl exity; studies of their properties may keep not only biologists and bi ochemists, but also physicists, occupied for many years to come. The M ossbauer effect has made, and will continue to make, major contributio ns to structural and dynamic investigations of proteins. The ultimate goal is a quantitative theory of complex systems.