Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy of Astrophysical Plasmas (Steven M. Kahn): Classical and Quantum Radiation Theory -- The Structure of Multi-Electron Atoms -- Electron-Ion Collisional Processes -- Discrete Line Diagnostics -- Concluding Remarks -- Instruments for Nuclear Astrophysics (Peter von Ballmoos): Introduction -- Interaction of High-Energy Photons with Matter -- Detectors -- The Instruments for …