Structure and Dynamics of Elliptical Galaxies: Proceedings of the 127th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union Held in Princeton, U.S.A., May 27-31, 1986

IAU Symposium 127 was held in Princeton on May 28-31, 1986, at the Institute for Advanced Study. There were 150 participants from 19 countries. This was the first IAU Symposium devoted exclusively to elliptical galaxies. The last decade has been a period of exceptionally rapid progress regard­ ing our understanding of elliptical galaxies, driven on the observational side by a wealth of new photometric and spectroscopic data, and on the theoretical side by the recognition that ellipticals ar...