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UV and X-Ray Spectroscopy of Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas
Up-to-date accounts of recent and future advances in short-wavelength spectroscopy of laboratory and cosmic plasmas.
The Medici Women
The Medici Women is a study of the women of the famous Medici family of republican Florence in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. Natalie Tomas here examines critically the changing contribution of the women in the Medici family to the eventual success of the Medici regime and their exercise of power within it; and contributes to our historical understanding of how women were able to wield power in late medieval and early modern Italy and Europe. Tomas takes a feminist approach that examines the experience of the Medici women within a critical framework of gender analysis, rather than biography. Keeping the historiography to a minimum and explaining all unfamiliar Italian terms, Tomas makes her narrative clear and accessible to non-specialists; thus The Medici Women appeals to scholars of women's studies across disciplines and geographical boundaries.
The Century of Space Science
One of the most attractive features of the young discipline of Space Science is that many of the original pioneers and key players involved are still available to describe their field. Hence, at this point in history we are in a unique position to gain first-hand insight into the field and its development. To this end, The Century of Space Science, a scholarly, authoritative, reference book presents a chapter-by-chapter retrospective of space science as studied in the 20th century. The level is academic and focuses on key discoveries, how these were arrived at, their scientific consequences and how these discoveries advanced the thoughts of the key players involved. With over 90 world-class contributors, such as James Van Allen, Cornelis de Jager, Eugene Parker, Reimar Lüst, and Ernst Stuhlinger, and with a Foreword by Lodewijk Woltjer (past ESO Director General), this book will be immensely useful to readers in the fields of space science, astronomy, and the history of science. Both academic institutions and researchers will find that this major reference work makes an invaluable addition to their collection.
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Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun
Annotation Contributions from international researchers attending the 1999 conference in Spain are organized into sections on the formation of stars and planets, advances in solar physics, chemical abundances as diagnostics of stellar structure, unsolved problems in stellar activity, and the impact of space missions on the study of cool stars. A sampling of topics includes accretion shocks and winds in T Tauri stars, solar atmospheric dynamics, light element depletion in F- and G- type stars, latest results in Doppler imaging, and the Hipparcos Mission legacy for cool stars. The included CD-ROM contains all the contributions given at the conference in their entirety, including supporting images, animations, and films. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Working on the Fringe
From the May 1999 conference come 90 contributions exploring aspects of interferometric imaging and its uses for astronometrical measurement. The papers are organized into sections devoted to the scientific potential of astrometry with interferometry, astrometric interferometry from ground and space, the potential of synthesis imaging, imaging with interferometry from ground and space, nulling interferometry, and the future of optical/IR interferometry. A few specific topics include the detection of extrasolar planets with the space interferometry mission, differential phase mode with the Keck interferometer, and initial results of a white light nulled fringe.
