Photon Scattering -- Lepton Scattering -- Quasi-Elastic Lepton-Quark Scattering -- The Hydrogen Atom -- Many Electron Atoms -- Hadrons -- Covalent and Ionic Bonding -- Intermolecular Forces -- Cold Neutron Scattering -- The Nuclear Force and the Deuteron -- Quantum Gases -- Quantum Liquids -- Metals -- Nuclei — Droplets of a Fermi Liquid -- Stars, Planets, and Asteroids -- Elementary Particle…
Saturn as a Planet -- Telescopes and Accessories -- Factors that Affect Observations -- Visual Impressions of Saturn’s Globe and Ring System -- Drawing Saturn’s Globe and Rings -- Methods of Visual Photometry and Colorimetry -- Determining Latitudes and Timing Central Meridian Transits -- Observing Saturn’s Satellites -- A Primer on Imaging Saturn and Its Ring System.Saturn is the second …
The Cosmonaut Training Centre: birth and growth -- Simulators -- Other national and international facilities -- Survival training -- The Cosmonaut Group of the RGNII TsPK -- The Cosmonaut group of RKK Energiya -- Other Soviet and Russian cosmonaut selections -- Cosmonauts selected to fly the Buran Shuttle -- International training -- Joint programmes -- Zvyozdnyy Gorodok — the town.With the a…
Radio Astronomy -- Principles of Synchrotron Emission in an Astrophysical Context -- Non-Thermal Emission from Extragalactic Radio Sources: A High Resolution - Broad Band Approach -- The Observational Properties of Blazars; Selection, Relationships and Unification -- Observing Blazars with VLBI -- Theory of Relativistic Jets: Basic Concepts -- Parsec-Scale Morphologies and Properties of Radio S…
A Comparative Study of the Outer Planets Before the Exploration of Saturn by Cassini/Huygens: Introduction -- Formation and Evolution of the Giant Planets -- Formation of the Outer Planets -- Formation and Composition of Planetesimals -- Formation of the Cores of the Outer Planets -- Structure and Evolution of Giant Planets -- Formation of Giant Planets — An Attempt in Matching Observational …
Solar Wind, Foreshock, Magnetosheath -- The Near-Earth Solar Wind -- The Foreshock -- The Magnetosheath -- The Bow Shock -- Cluster at the Bow Shock: Introduction -- Quasi-perpendicular Shock Structure and Processes -- Quasi-parallel Shock Structure and Processes -- Cluster at the Bow Shock: Status and Outlook -- Magnetopause and CUSP -- Magnetopause and Boundary Layer -- Cluster at the Magneto…
Points of View: Shadows, Photons, Planets, and Life -- The Biological Universe Revisited -- Contingency and the Cosmic Perspective -- Grote Reber (1911–2002) -- Dr Elizabeth Alexander: First Female Radio Astronomer -- Radio Astronomy in Holland Before 1960 -- Jodrell Bank and the Meteor Velocity Controversy -- The Radiophysics Field Stations and the Early Development of Radio Astronomy -- Dar…
Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory and its Multinational History -- Strasbourg Observatory in German Times -- The Observatory of the Emperor Wilhelm University: the People Behind the Documents -- Strasbourg Observatory in World War II -- Strasbourg Observatory: A Breeding Place for French Astronomical Instrumentation in the 20TH Century -- Walter F. Wislicenus and Modern Astronomical Bibliogra…
Destination Mars -- History of Mars exploration -- Voyage to Mars -- Evolution of a Marswalk -- Wardrobe for Mars -- Surface exploration -- Science on the surface -- Living the dream -- The return.MARSWALK ONE: First Steps on a New Planet addresses the question of why we should embark on a journey to Mars, documenting what the first human crew will do when they place their feet in the red dust …
Preface -- Cluster Observations of the Cusp: Magnetic Structure and Dynamics -- Magion-4 High-Altitude Cusp Study -- High-Altitude Cusp: The Extremely Dynamic Region in Geospace -- Magnetosheath Interaction with the high Latitude Magnetopause -- Cluster Observes the High-Altitude Cusp Region -- Low-Frequency Plasma Waves in the Outer Polar Cusp: A Review of Observations from Prognoz 8, Interbal…