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The Fascination of Space Science edited by Hansjörg Schlaepfer

This book contains all issues of Spatium published during the first ten years of its existence. It aims at conveying the fascinating results of space research to the wide public. The text covers the main research activities in cosmology and astronomy in line with ISSI's scientific program. The authors are internationally leading scientists who take care in using a language that is easily understandable by non-experts but nonetheless scientifically correct.

ISBN 978-3-86727-754-9

Latest Publications

	No. 28: How Black are Black Holes? >> by Maurizio Falanga published in December 2011

	No. 27: Science First >> by Hansjörg Schlaepfer published in September 2011

	No. 26: Spaceship Earth >> by Roger-Maurice Bonnet published in May 2011

	No. 25: Climate Change >> by Thomas Stocker published in July 2010

	No. 24: Cosmic Visions >> summary of a talk by David Southwood in March 2009, edited by Hansjörg Schlaepfer published in February 2010

Further Publications


No. 23	Meteorites >> by Beda Hofmann published in February 2009
No. 22	Solar Magnetism - Discovery and Investigation >> by Eugene Parker published in August 2008
No. 21	The Earth's Ozone Layer >> by Yasmine Calisesi published in February 2008
No. 20	What the Universe Consists of: From Luminous to Dark Matter and Quintessence >> by Uwe Jens Wiese published in November 2007
No. 19	4440: A Secret Number in Astronomy >> by Giovanni Fabrizio Bignami published in August 2007
No. 18	Einstein in Bern: The Great Legacy >> by Thomas H. Zurbuchen, Rudolf von Steiger and Brian Grimm published in February 2007
No. 17	The Heliosphere: Empire of the Sun >> by André Balogh published in October 2006
No. 16	Astrobiology >> by Oliver Botta published in July 2006
No. 15	Titan and the Huygens Mission >> by Nicolas G.M. Thomas published in November 2005
No. 14	Grundlagen der Physik im extrasterrestrischen Test >> by Martin C.E. Huber published in June 2005
No. 13	Woher kommen Kohlenstoff, Eisen und Uran? >> Rudolf von Steiger published in October 2004
No. 12	Ten Years Hubble Space Telescope >> by Roger-Maurice Bonnet published in June 2004
No. 11	Cosmic Rays >> by Hansjörg Schläpfer published in November 2003
No. 10	Satellite Navigation Systems for Earth and Space Sciences >> by Gerhard Beutler published in June 2003
No. 9	The Fourfold Way Through the Magnetosphere: The Cluster Mission >> by Götz Paschmann published in June 2002
No. 8	Sun and Climate >> by Jürg Beer published in November 2001
No. 7	In Search of the Dark Matter in the Universe >> by Klaus Pretzl published in May 2007
No. 6	From Dust to Planets >> by Willy Benz published in October 2000
No. 5	Earth, Moon and Mars >> by Johannes Geiss published in June 2000 (out of print)
No. 4	Kometen als Schwerpunkt der europäischen Weltraumforschung >> by Kathrin Altwegg-von Burg published in October 1999
No. 3	Birth, Age and the Future of the Universe >> by Gustav Andreas Tammann published in May 1999
No. 2	Das neue Bild der Sonne >> by Rudolf von Steiger published in November 1998 (out of print)
No. 1	Entstehung des Universums >> by Johannes Geiss published in April 1998

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