The effect which now bears his name, was discovered in 1958 by Rudolf M�ossbauer at the Technical University of Munich. It soon became apparent that M�ossbauer spectroscopy had applications in such diverse fields as general relativity, solid state physics, chemistry, materials science, biology, medical physics, archeology and art. The present volume reviews the historical development of the M�ossbauer effect, the experimental details, the basic physics of hyperfine interactions and some of the numerous applications of M�ossbauer effect spectroscopy.
Includes bibliographical references.