Astrophysics Threshold 21st Ce

by Dean F. Smith, N.S. Kardashev

Overview

First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9782881248177
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/01/1992
Pages:	392
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dean F. Smith, N.S. Kardashev

Table of Contents

Preface, 1. Two Great Astrophysicists: Some Personal Reflections, 2. The Shklovsky Phenomenon, 3. Words about Pikel’ner, 4. Reflections on the Soviet-American VLBI Program, 5. The Secrets of the Solar Atmosphere, 6. Escape Processes in Planetary Atmospheres, 7. Decametric Radioastronomy, 8. New Developments in Cosmic Gas Dynamics: Galactic Shocks, Hot Protogalaxies and Galactic Superwinds, 9. Observational Evidence for Magnetic Fields in the Galaxy and Galaxies, 10. Recombination Radio Lines, 11. Cosmic Masers: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, 12. Gravitational Collapse of Massive Stars, Supernovae and SN 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud, 13. Radio Emission from Supernovae, 14. Stellar Winds and Supernovae in the Interstellar Medium, 15. Joseph Shklovsky and X-ray Astronomy, 16. Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei, 17. A Lucky Chance for Cosmology, 18. The Last Love, 19. Searching for Planetary Systems, 20. Space Radiointerferometry and Gravitational Waves, 21. Radio Astronomy of the Next Century, 22. On Astronomy for the Twenty-first Century, Index

Editorial Reviews

In the real life world, horizons are limited by what is feasible with the money available. It is refreshing every now and then to be freed of that constraint and to appreciate what might then become possible. Kardashev is an expert guide to these very ambitious projects, presenting his ideas within the imaginative tradition of his two great forebears, Pikel'ner and Shklovsky.

New Scientist

Reports on the current status of some of the major problems in astrophysics, such as solar and solar-system physics, the physics of different scales of astronomical objects, the evolution of the universe, and the search for extraterrestrial life. The 22 reviews also include reminiscences on the history of the discipline in the Soviet Union, and speculations on its course over the next century. Translated from the Russian. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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