Highlights of Astronomy : As Presented at the XXIIIrd General Assembly of the IAU, 1997

Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 Dynamical Simulations: Methods and Comparisons
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   Chapter 2 Grape-6
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   Chapter 3 Grape-4: A Teraflops Machine for N-Body Simulations
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   Chapter 4 Mass Functions & Stellar Populations of Globular Clusters
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   Chapter 5 Structure of Globular Clusters
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   Chapter 6 Binaries in Globular Clusters
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   Chapter 7 Stellar Evolution and Dynamics in Star Clusters
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   Chapter 8 The Galactic Bar
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    Chapter 9 Numerical Simulations of Galaxies With the Marseille Grape-3 Systems
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    Chapter 10 Pulsation Modes of Spherical Stellar Systems
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    Chapter 11 JD 16 — Spectroscopy With Large Telescopes of Chemically Peculiar Stars: Preface
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    Chapter 12 Lte Models
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    Chapter 13 Atomic Data Requirements for the Analysis of Chemically Peculiar Spectra
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    Chapter 14 Fundamental Parameters: Normal A0 Dwarf Stars of the Solar Neighbourhood
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    Chapter 15 Fundamental Parameters of CP Stars
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    Chapter 16 Recent Topics in Spectroscopy of A-Type and Related Stars
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    Chapter 17 Diffusion in Stellar Envelopes
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    Chapter 18 Stellar Evolution, Particle Transport, and the CP Phenomenon
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    Chapter 19 Diffusion in CP Stars: The Quest for Accuracy
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    Chapter 20 Diffusion, Winds and X-Rays from Magnetic Stars
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    Chapter 21 Spectroscopic Diagnosis of Magnetic Fields of AP Stars
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    Chapter 22 Modelling of the Magnetic Configuration of CP Stars from Polarimetric Observations
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    Chapter 23 λBoötis Stars
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    Chapter 24 Theoretical Aspects of the Rapidly Oscillating AP Stars
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    Chapter 25 Summary — a Personal View
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    Chapter 26 On the Earliest Stage of Chinese Astronomy: 3 Hypotheses
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    Chapter 27 Islamic Astronomy in China: Two New Sources for the Huihui li (“Islamic Calendar”)
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    Chapter 28 An Arabic Commentary on Al-Tūsū’s Al-Tadhkira and its Sanskrit Translation
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    Chapter 29 Indian Astronomy in Ancient China
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    Chapter 30 Three Star Maps Produced in Korea During the 18th Century
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    Chapter 31 A New Museum of Astronomy in Korea
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    Chapter 32 Eclipse Records in Early Korean History: The Koryo-sa
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    Chapter 33 Projection Methods in Chinese, Korean and Japanese Star Maps
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    Chapter 34 On the Obliquity of the Ecliptic
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    Chapter 35 The Legends of Vasiṣṭha — A Note on the Vedāṅga Astronomy
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    Chapter 36 Spherical Trigonometry in the Astronomy of the Medieval Kerala School
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    Chapter 37 Astronomical Dating and Statistical Analysis of Ancient Chinese Eclipse Data
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    Chapter 38 The Dṛkpakṣasāraṇī: A Sanskrit Version of De La Hire’s Tabulae Astronomicae
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    Chapter 39 Modern Astronomy in Indo — Persian Sources
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    Chapter 40 Takamine and Saha: Contacts with Western Astrophysics
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    Chapter 41 Astronomy Education in The East
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    Chapter 42 The Earliest Evidence of The Introduction of Kepler’s Laws to China As is Observed in The lifa Wenda
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    Chapter 43 Contemporary Astronomy in Iran — A Status Report
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    Chapter 44 Power and Politics in Nineteenth Century Australian Astronomy
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    Chapter 45 Astronomical Observations in Asia from Delisle’s Manuscript Preserved in The Paris Observatory Library 1
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    Chapter 46 Introduction
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    Chapter 47 Jets and Transients
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    Chapter 48 High-Energy Solar Gamma-Ray Observations
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    Chapter 49 Gamma Rays from Solar Flares
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    Chapter 50 X-Ray Transients — Results of Rosat Observations
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    Chapter 51 Radio-X-Ray Connection for X-Ray Transients and Binaries
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    Chapter 52 Non-Blazar Gamma-Ray Variables in The Galactic Plane: A New Class of Gamma-Ray Sources
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    Chapter 53 Formation of Low-Mass Black Hole X-Ray Transients
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    Chapter 54 Population Synthesis of High Energy Transients
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    Chapter 55 X-Ray Burst Sources
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    Chapter 56 Nature of Turbulence: Governing Factor of Accretion Disk Dynamics
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    Chapter 57 Supersoft Sources
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    Chapter 58 Soft X-Ray Transients are Like ER UMa Cataclysmic Variables
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    Chapter 59 Timing of Gamma-Ray Pulsars
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    Chapter 60 Gamma-Ray Bursts: Theoretical Considerations
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    Chapter 61 X-Ray Variability in Active Galactic Nuclei
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    Chapter 62 Active Galactic Nuclei: Variability at Many Wavelengths
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    Chapter 63 Asca Observations of Blazars
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    Chapter 64 Rapid Variability of Gamma-Ray Blazars
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    Chapter 65 Model for the Transient Emission from Blazars
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    Chapter 66 Summary of Poster Presentations
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    Chapter 67 Heating of Chromospheres and Coronae
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    Chapter 68 Acceleration of the Solar Wind: A New View
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    Chapter 69 Latitude Manifestations of the Solar Wind
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    Chapter 70 Composition of the Solar Wind, Secondary Ion Generation and Pick-Up
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    Chapter 71 Large-Scale Structure and Termination of the Heliosphere
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    Chapter 72 Manifestations of Solar Magnetic Fields
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    Chapter 73 Lasco and EIT Observations of the Dynamic Corona
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    Chapter 74 Particle Acceleration by Waves and Fields
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    Chapter 75 Summary of Session A: Coronal Heating and Solar Wind Acceleration
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    Chapter 76 Evolution and Termination of the 3-D Solar Wind
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    Chapter 77 Transient Events and Their Solar Magnetic Field
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    Chapter 78 Astronomy Teaching and Research in Nigeria
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    Chapter 79 Education and Research in Astronomy in Central America
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    Chapter 80 Strategies for Establishing Astronomy in Developing Countries
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    Chapter 81 New Initiatives in Astronomical Facilities in China
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    Chapter 82 Recent Developments in Astronomy in Vietnam
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    Chapter 83 Modern Astronomical Developments in India
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    Chapter 84 Astronomy in the Former Soviet Union
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    Chapter 85 International Educational Projects
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    Chapter 86 The IAU Program: Exchange of Astronomers
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    Chapter 87 Services of the International Astronomical Union
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    Chapter 88 How Does the United Nations Contribute to the Worldwide Development of Astronomy?
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    Chapter 89 Current Developments in Astronomy Education
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    Chapter 90 Training in Astronomy
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    Chapter 91 Training of Astronomers in Central Asia and Some Comparisons
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    Chapter 92 Growing Up Pains in a Developing Country
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    Chapter 93 Popularization as an Aid for Formal Education
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    Chapter 94 Access to Telescopes in Developing Countries
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    Chapter 95 A Global Network of Small Telescopes as a Resource for Astronomical Research and Education
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    Chapter 96 What Can We Do from Japan?
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    Chapter 97 Access to Journals
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    Chapter 98 Networking of Astronomy Institutions in the Third World Countries
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     Chapter 99 Cooperation, Collaboration and Language: Science and its Transition
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     Chapter 100 The Megamaser — AGN Connection
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     Chapter 101 Megamasers in Active Galactic Nuclei
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     Chapter 102 Exploring OH Megamasers
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     Chapter 103 OH Megamaser Pumping Models
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     Chapter 104 Properties of OH Megamaser Galaxies
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     Chapter 105 Statistical Connections Among Water Vapor Megamasers
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     Chapter 106 H2O Megamasers and Black Holes
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     Chapter 107 Pumping of H2O Megamasers
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     Chapter 108 AGN Disk Diagnostics
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     Chapter 109 Shock Origin of High-Velocity Maser Emission from: Circumnuclear Disks
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     Chapter 110 Variability of Interstellar Water Vapor Masers
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     Chapter 111 Global VLBA Observations of NGC 3079
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     Chapter 112 The Role of Lunar Astronomy in the Exploration and Development of The Moon
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     Chapter 113 Steps Toward the Moon-Based Astronomy Planning in Japan
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     Chapter 114 Examples of Possible Astronomical Research from the Moon
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     Chapter 115 VLBI from the Moon
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     Chapter 116 Low Frequency Radio Astronomy from the Moon
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     Chapter 117 Advanced Technology Lunar Astronomy Mission, the Moon as an Immense Optical Bench in Vacuum
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     Chapter 118 The Future Japanese CBR Anisotropy Observatory at the Moon
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     Chapter 119 SETI from the Moon: Avoiding Radio Pollution for Future Radio-Astronomy
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     Chapter 120 JD23 The Leonid Meteor Storms:- Historical Significance and Upcoming Opportunities
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     Chapter 121 Early Observations of the Leonids in East Asia
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     Chapter 122 Observations of the Leonids Over the Last Millenium
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     Chapter 123 Comet Tempel-Tuttle and the Leonid Meteors
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     Chapter 124 The Leonids and the Comet:- History and Theory
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     Chapter 125 Recent Visual Observations of the Leonid Meteor Shower
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     Chapter 126 Radar Observations
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     Chapter 127 Video Techniques for Observation of the Leonid Storms
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     Chapter 128 Radar Observations of Leonids in Japan
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     Chapter 129 Observations in Central and Southern Europe
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     Chapter 130 Observations of the Leonids in Central Asia
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     Chapter 131 An Airborne Stereoscopic Mission to Explore the 1998 and 1999 Leonid Meteor Storms
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     Chapter 132 Joint Discussion 24
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     Chapter 133 The Jupiter System
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     Chapter 134 Dynamics of Jupiter’s Atmosphere
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     Chapter 135 Near-IR Spectroscopy of the Atmosphere of Jupiter
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     Chapter 136 Galileo UVS Results and Cassini Preview
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     Chapter 137 In-Situ Chemical and Isotopic Measurements of the Atmosphere of Jupiter
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     Chapter 138 Satellite Atmospheres and Magnetospheres
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     Chapter 139 Satellite-Magnetosphere Interactions
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     Chapter 140 Imaging from the Galileo Mission
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     Chapter 141 Surface Composition of the Galilean Satellites from Galileo Near-Infrared Mapping Spectroscopy
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     Chapter 142 Galileo Spacecraft Views of Europa
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     Chapter 143 The Three Galileos Conference
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     Chapter 144 Captions for Color Figures
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     Chapter 145 Foreword
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     Chapter 146 The Infrared Space Observatory (ISO)
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     Chapter 147 Highlights from ISO: The Isocam Camera
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     Chapter 148 First Results and Discoveries with the ISO Short-Wavelength Spectrometer
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     Chapter 149 Observations with Isophot
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     Chapter 150 Highlights of the Iso Long-Wavelength Spectrometer
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     Chapter 151 Deep Surveys and Cosmology
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     Chapter 152 Very Deep Surveys
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     Chapter 153 Infrared Observations of Galaxy Clusters
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     Chapter 154 ISO Observations of AGN and Ultraluminous IR Galaxies
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     Chapter 155 The ISO Perspective on Normal Galaxies
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     Chapter 156 ISO Results on Star Formation and Early Stellar Evolution
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     Chapter 157 ISO Observations of Circumstellar Material
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     Chapter 158 The Interstellar Dust Emission Seen By ISO
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     Chapter 159 Molecular Spectroscopy with ISO
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     Chapter 160 Observations of Supernova Remnants with ISO
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     Chapter 161 ISO Observations of Solar-System Objects
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     Chapter 162 Comets
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     Chapter 163 Summary and Outlook