1. Edition - August 2009
132.- Euro
2009. XII, 283 Pages, Hardcover
88 Fig. (10 Colored Fig.), 3 Tab. 
- Monograph -
ISBN-10: 3-527-40910-6
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-40910-5 - Wiley-VCH, Berlin






Content

Sample Chapter



Short description
This 21st volume in the series contains 15 invited reviews and highlight contributions presented during the conference "JENAM 2008: New Challenges to European Astronomy", which together represent the roadmap for modern astrophysical research.

From the contents
Karl Schwarzschild Lecture:
The Richness and Beauty of the Physics of Cosmological Recombination
By Rashid Sunyaev

Ludwig Biermann Award Lecture:
Complexity in Small-scale Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies
By Andreas Koch

The Current Status of Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND)
By R.H. Sanders

Modeling the High-z Universe: Probing Galaxy Formation
By Sadegh Khochfar

Evolution of Massive Stars along the Cosmic History
By Georges Meynet, Sylvia Ekström, Cyril Georgy, Cristina Chiappini and André Maeder

Cosmic Evolution of Stellar Disc Truncations
By John E. Beckman

Star Formation from Spitzer (Lyman) to Spitzer (Space Telescope) and Beyond
By João Alves and Virginia Trimble

Catastrophism versus Uniformitarianism in the History of Star Formation
By Virginia Trimble

Lyman Spitzer, Jr. and the Physics of Star Formation
By Bruce G. Elmegreen

What Cluster Gas Expulsion can tell us about Star Formation, Cluster Environment and Galaxy Evolution
By Geneviève Parmentier

The High Mass End of Extragalactic Globular Clusters
By Michael Hilker

Solar System Formation
By Aurélien Crida

Solar Space Missions: present and future
By Sami K. Solanki & Eckart Marsch

Women in (European) Astronomy
By Meg Urry