ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the three themes which are of general interest to physics and science. First is the role of symmetry and conservation rules in nuclear physics. The treatment of strong interactions which made its first appearance in nuclear interactions forms the second theme. The third theme refers to the contribution nuclear physics has made to astrophysics not only with regard to energy and element production in the stars but also to the understanding of such stellar objects as pulsars. Finally, it concludes with a short discussion of some of the more recent research which emphasizes the issues which originate in the quark-gluon structure of "elementary" particles. The discussion of nuclear physics issues which are of general interest would not be complete without a mention of the narrow positron lines observed in the collision of heavy ions whose total charge Zu is very large.
