Astrophysics on the threshold of the 21st century
By: edited by N.S. Kardashev ; translated from the Russian by Dean F. Smith.
Contributors: Kardashev, N. S.
Publisher: Gordon and Breach Science Publishers
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
Subjects: Astrophysics.; Astronomy.
Description: This book is a collection of 22 original articles in honor of Professors I.S. Shklovsky and S.B. Pikel'ner. The articles cover these two famous Russian astrophysicists' lives and styles of living their final scientific results, and a prognosis of science in the next century. Current scientific advancements are also discussed. This text is of interest to both students and specialists.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.