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This very clear and interesting survey covers the work of Hyman Bass on ring theory and projective modules, done early in his career during the late 1950s and early 1960s. The first part of the paper deals with Bass's work on projective modules which included work on big projectives, the stable structure of projective modules, work related to Serre's conjecture and rings with binary generated ideals (Bass rings). In the second part, Bass's contribution to ring theory is summarized. His work included semiperfect rings as generalizations of semiprimary rings, perfect rings and restricted DCC as well as representation theory and stable range of rings, especially rings of stable range one. Study of these concepts led up to Bass's pioneering work on algebraic \(K\)-theory (which is not covered in this survey). Throughout the survey, the significance of Bass's work and the influence of his contribution on the subsequent work of other algebraists are stressed. His work is shown to have shaped the thinking of researchers in the areas covered for years. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0928.00073].