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Highlights of Astronomy

As Presented at the XIIIth General Assembly of the I.A.U. 1967

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Editors:
  1. Luboš Perek
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Part of the book series: International Astronomical Union Highlights (IAUH, volume 1)

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Table of contents (79 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Invited Discourses

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Exploring the Moon

      • A. A. Mihajlov
      Pages 3-11

    3. Couches Extérieures et Structure Interne des Étoiles

      • P. Ledoux
      Pages 12-32

    4. Radio Galaxies and Quasars, I

      • M. Ryle
      Pages 33-44

    5. Radio Galaxies and Quasars, II

      • A. Sandage
      Pages 45-70

  3. Joint Discussions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
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    2. Joint Discussion of Commissions 12, 40, 43, and 44 New Techniques in Space Astronomy

      1. Introduction
        • V. K. Prokof’ev
        Pages 74-74
      2. Recent Techniques in Solar Optical Astronomy from Space
        • E. M. Reeves
        Pages 75-93
      3. Ultraviolet Astronomy
        • R. Wilson
        Pages 94-107
      4. New Techniques in X-Ray Astronomy
        • C. De Jager
        Pages 108-123
      5. Solar and Interplanetary Magnetic Fields and Plasmas
        • John M. Wilcox
        Pages 124-135
      6. Infrared Astronomy
        • Frank J. Low
        Pages 136-147
      7. Some Problems and Instrumental Features of Submillimeter Astronomy
        • A. E. Salomonovič
        Pages 148-163
      8. New Techniques in Space Radio—Astronomy
        • J.-L. Steinberg
        Pages 164-175

    3. Joint Discussion of Commissions 28, 33, 34, and 44 X-ray Astronomy

      1. Introduction
        • S. B. Pikelner
        Pages 178-179
      2. Surveys of X-Ray Sources
        • Herbert Friedman
        Pages 180-183
      3. Recent Results on Extragalactic Cosmic X-Ray Sources from Rocket and Balloon Flights
        • G. W. Clark
        Pages 184-187
      4. A Cosmic X-ray Survey in the Southern Hemisphere
        • B. A. Cooke, K. A. Pounds, E. A. Stewardson
        Pages 188-191
      5. Results from Detailed Studies of X-ray Sources
        • R. Giacconi
        Pages 192-201
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About this book

The XIIlth General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union, held in Prague from 22 to 31 August, 1967, brought together more than 1800 active astron­ omers from 40 countries. The agenda of the Assembly ranged from administrative questions to highly intricate scientific problems. Thirty-eight Presidents of the IAU Commissions contributed by their reports to a detailed survey of Astronomy for the period 1964-67. These reports were published in the Transactions of the IAU, Volume XIIIA. Transactions volume XIIIB bring the results of the administrative meetings and of the meetings of Commissions held during the General Assembly. The present volume is devoted to the most important scientific results of the General Assembly as presented in the Invited Discourses, Joint Discussions, and at Special Meetings. It is an established policy of the Union to invite prominent astronomers to hold, during the General Assembly, formal discourses on topics of major importance due to recent significant developments. These Invited Discourses cover, as a rule, broad fields of astronomical interest and are meant to give basic information also to scien­ tists from other branches. Subjects which call for a more detailed technical approach are dealt with in the Joint Discussions or at Special Meetings. Here, invited speakers present authoritative surveys complemented by communications on current or envisaged projects. The proceedings of two other meetings, on Moon Probes and on Coordination of Solar Observations Made at Ground-based Observatories and with Space Vehicles, are of a sufficiently wide interest to warrant the inclusion into this volume.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Highlights of Astronomy

  • Book Subtitle: As Presented at the XIIIth General Assembly of the I.A.U. 1967

  • Editors: Luboš Perek

  • Series Title: International Astronomical Union Highlights

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3417-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: International Astronomical Union 1968

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0137-4Due: 31 July 1969

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-3419-7Published: 28 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-3417-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 2352-3328

  • Series E-ISSN: 2352-2178

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 548

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

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