Research Catalog

Title

Dreams, stars, and electrons : selected writings of Lyman Spitzer, Jr. / edited by Lyman Spitzer, Jr. and Jeremiah P. Ostriker.

Author

Spitzer, Lyman, 1914-1997.

Publication

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1997], ©1997.

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Additional Authors

Ostriker, J. P.

Description

xvi, 536 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Subject

• Interstellar matter
• Stellar dynamics
• Space sciences

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• "List of published papers by Lyman Spitzer, Jr." : p. [525]-533.

Contents

• 1. The Dynamics of the Interstellar Medium. I. Local Equilibrium -- 2. The Dynamics of the Interstellar Medium. III. Galactic Distribution -- 3. The Formation of Stars -- 4. The Temperature of Interstellar Matter. I -- 5. Continuous Emission from Planetary Nebulae / Lyman Spitzer, Jr. and J. L. Greenstein -- 6. A Comparison of the Components in Interstellar Sodium and Calcium / Lyman Spitzer, Jr. and P. McR. Routly -- 7. On a Possible Interstellar Galactic Corona -- 8. Absorption Lines Produced by Galactic Halos / Lyman Spitzer, Jr. and J. N. Bahcall -- 9. Spectrophotometric Results from the Copernicus Satellite. I. Instrumentation and Performance / Lyman Spitzer, Jr., J. B. Rogerson, J. F. Drake, K. Dressler, E. B. Jenkins, D. C. Morton and D. G. York -- 10. Spectrophotometric Results from the Copernicus Satellite. IV. Molecular Hydrogen in Interstellar Space / Lyman Spitzer, Jr., J. F. Drake, E. B. Jenkins, D. C. Morton, J. B. Rogerson and D. G. York --
• 11. Average Density along Interstellar Lines of Sight -- 12. Clouds between the Stars -- 13. The Stability of Isolated Clusters -- 14. Stellar Populations and Collisions of Galaxies / Lyman Spitzer, Jr. and W. Baade -- 15. The Possible Influence of Interstellar Clouds on Stellar Velocities / Lyman Spitzer, Jr. and M. Schwarzschild -- 16. Disruption of Galactic Clusters -- 17. Equipartition and the Formation of Compact Nuclei in Spherical Stellar Systems -- 18. Dynamical Evolution of Dense, Spherical Star Systems -- 19. Random Gravitational Encounters and the Evolution of Spherical Systems. I. Method / Lyman Spitzer, Jr. and M. H. Hart -- 20. Dynamics of Globular Clusters -- 21. Astronomical Advantages of an Extra-Terrestrial Observatory -- 22. Interplanetary Travel between Satellite Orbits -- 23. History of the Large Space Telescope -- 24. The Electrical Conductivity of an Ionized Gas / Lyman Spitzer, Jr., R. S. Cohen and P. McR. Routly --
• 25. Transport Phenomena in a Completely Ionized Gas / Lyman Spitzer, Jr. and R. Harm -- 26. The Stellarator Concept -- 27. Perspectives on the Past, Present, and Future of Fusion Research -- 28. A Contribution to the Mathematical Theory of Big Game Hunting / Lyman Spitzer, Jr. and J. Tukey [et al.] -- 29. Physics of Sound in the Sea I. Transmission, Summary / Lyman Spitzer, Jr. and P. G. Bergmann -- 30. H. N. Russell, Astronomer -- 31. Letter from L. Spitzer to H. Shapley, with Attached Long-Range Plan -- 32. Dreams, Stars, and Electrons -- List of Published Papers by Lyman Spitzer, Jr.

ISBN

• 0691037027 (CL : alk. paper)
• 0691027978 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

96016473

OCLC

ocm34564842

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries