Advances in the microscopic theory of inhomogeneous fluids: A tribute to Stefan Sokołowski on his 75th Birthday

This special issue is a collection of papers written by friends and colleagues of Prof. Stefan Sokołowski in memory of 75 years from his birth. We remember and miss him. This foreward contains a brief description of scientific contributions by Stefan principally focused in the construction of microscopic theory of inhomogeneous fluids. It refers mostly to our happy times while working together alog some of the topics mentioned below.We apologize that several issues of scientific interest have not been discussed in detail. Nevertheless, we hope that this text reflects motto of Stefan’s personality and besides will attract the attention of younger readers to a set of problems unsolved so far.