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This directory is the 27th in a series that began in 1959. It covers many government and industrial labs as well as academic departments and contains information on almost 36,300 scientific staff at more than 3000 institutions. ... Read more

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The Spitzer Space Telescope will complete its prime cryogenic mission in early 2009. A workshop for the astronomical community was held in June 2007 to explore science drivers and a new operations philosophy for the âwarmâ Spitzer mission, operating the mid-infrared camera on the observatory when the telescope is no longer âcoldâ. This volume will be of interest to professional astronomers in both academic and industry positions. ... Read more

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This volume is comprised of a series of papers dealing with some of the current unsolved problems in the field of stellar physics. It is also a celebration of the many contributions that Prof. Douglas Gough has made to this subject. Topics discussed include: stars, interiors, stars: evolution, asteroseismology, helioseismology, and fluid dynamics.

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These proceedings contain an up-to-date series of lectures covering issues at the forefront of cosmology, gravitation, and astrophysics. Both observational matters, such as accelerated expansion of the universe, and gamma ray bursts and theoretical issues, such as loop quantum gravity and quantum field theory in de Sitter space are presented. Being a school for advanced students, many of the lectures were a high level revision of recent developments, among which could single out the results presented by Belinski regarding the absence of black hole evaporation, and Riffini regarding the origin of gamma-0 ray bursts.

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This volume is a collection of review papers and recent observational and theoretical results in astronomy and astrophysics. Topics include: Sun, planets, interplanetary medium, our galaxy, stars, clusters, interstellar medium, extragalactic astrophysics, dynamical astronomy, relativity, cosmology, instrumentation, history, and education.

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This conference brought together observers and theorists to discuss what we are learning from the current generation of extragalactic neutral hydrogen observations and what prospects lie ahead, with particular emphasis on the exciting prospects for the next 3 to 10 years with the major U.S. facilities.

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The Astronomical Institute of Romanian Academy celebrated its centenary in April 2008. It was the best opportunity for the organization of an anniversary international conference, with more than 100 participants, which provided a forum for a detailed presentation of the scientific results obtained in this long period of time, as well as for an ample exchange of scientific ideas with researchers of the European and international astronomical community. The conference Exploring The Solar System and The Universe was the most important astronomical scientific meeting ever organized in Romania. Its main goal was twofold: to bring the state-of-art Romanian astronomical research to the attention of the international astronomical community, and to gather together outstanding specialists, in order to provide a general image of what today s astronomy means. It has covered all fields approached by Romanian astronomy (celestial mechanics, astrometry, solar physics, stellar astrophysics, extragalactic astronomy, cosmology, astronomy history, education, and development), which are part of modern astronomical research. Among the more than 100 participants from 23 countries all over the world, the conference has gathered together many top specialists in the aforementioned domains.

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This book contains the proceedings of three general courses in astronomy and astrophysics at graduate level presented during the Eleventh Edition of the Special Courses at the National Observatory of Rio de Janeiro in 2006. The lectures cover topics on satellite atmosphere, low-mass stars and standard cosmology. ... Read more

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The discovery of supernova (SN) 1987A has led to the rise of a new branch in astronomy and astrophysics which is solely devoted to this object. In this proceedings book, all aspects of the broad SN 1987A research topics are covered and all observed wavelength regimes are discussed. The proceedings book further includes other SNe of all types, SN cosmology and Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs), with emphasis on SN/GRB connections. This volume will is for all those interested in astronomy. ... Read more

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All papers have been peer reviewed. The gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) is an international mission dedicated to observations of high-energy gamma-rays and is planned to be launched by the end of 2007. These proceedings contain the discussions from a symposium on gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) held in Stockholm, Sweden on 1 September 2006. ... Read more

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All papers were peer reviewed. The broad objective of Frontiers of Fundamental Physics has been to enable scholars working in different areas to meet and exchange ideas and status reports. In this edition, the foundations of physics have been discussed and the role of science and its connection with society. The idea of supplying a site to impel this debate among workers of science and all the society also appeared. Changing the way of doing science could contribute to improve the society in a fairer social system, a science for all the peoples of the world. Moreover, alternative ideas should be taken into account to help the progress of science. Topics discussed include: high energy physics including string theory and quantum gravity; astro-particle physics; theoretical physics; applied mathematics; astrophysics and cosmology; alternative theories.