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Planetary Systems. Exoplanets
This chapter is centered on the methods of chaos diagnosis based on the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) and the dynamical maps on dense grids and their...
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Physics of the Solar System Bodies
In this section we briefly bring the most essential results of the exploration of the bodies of the solar system. The sun itself is treated...
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A Man of Parts
Each chapter of human history is highlighted by its greater thinkers, the doers and the achievers. Be it in the political, literary or scientific...
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First Space Robotic Systems (On the 50th Anniversary of Lunokhod 1)
Abstract —The article covers the events related to the launch of the Luna-17 automatic space station with Lunokhod 1 on board in 1970. The memoirs of...
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Biophysics of Evolution of Intellectual Systems
AbstractThe first work on noogenesis as evolution of intellect was published 150 years ago. However, it was not until the 21st century that...
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Dynamic Methods in Nonideal Plasma Physics: The Beginning
This review is dedicated to the scientific research carried out by Academician V.E. Fortov at the Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics of the...
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Transition: 1500–1700 (The Known World Expands)
As the Mediterranean Sea was transitioning to Turkish control and routs around Africa were being developed, Europeans began looking westward for new...
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Astronomy in Early Showa. II. Kyoto 1926–1945
Since its establishment, Kyoto Imperial University has been imbued with a spirit of independence in all colleges of the humanities and natural...
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A Lucky Astral Conjunction
In the second half of the sixteenth century, the availability and protection of grand dukes and princes, their interest in science, and the...
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Jupiter missions as probes of dark matter
Jupiter, the fascinating largest planet in the solar system, has been visited by nine spacecraft, which have collected a significant amount of data...
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Patriotism, Science and Pop Culture
America was still in the era of the Depression when Paul Herget graduated from the University of Cincinnati. As his choices were limited, he took the...
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The New Astronomy at the Dawn of the Scientific Revolution
The publication of De revolutionibus by Nicolaus Copernicus represented an intellectual break with the geocentric and geostationary past, which was...
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Euler’s Legacy to Astronautics
Euler returned to St. Petersburg in 1766, beckoned by Catherine II, the new Russian empress. At that time, the monarch was implementing many...
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Emergence of a Multiplicity of Time Scales in the Modelling of Climate, Matter, Life, and Economy
This topic review communicates working experiences regarding the interaction of a multiplicity of processes. We draw on examples of climate change...
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Effect of the Matrix Structure on the Tribological Properties of Solid-Lubricant Composites Based on High-Temperature Polyimide Thermoplastics
The structure, the mechanical characteristics and the tribological properties of polyimide (PI)- and polyetherimide-(PEI) based composites, differing...
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Arabic classical traditions in the history of the exact sciences: The case of Ibn al-Haytham⋆
This paper examines selected leitmotifs from the Arabic classical traditions in the history of the exact sciences while taking into account their...
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Ram** Up an Institution at a New Location
Ormond Stone was the first Observatory Director to work at the new Mt. Lookout location. To better take advantage of clearer skies he sent the Merz...
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Search for Exoplanets: Status 2020
An overview of the history, status by mid-2020, and the nearest prospects for the search and study of planets outside the solar system—exoplanets, is...
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History of the Telescope and Its Remarkable Contribution to Scientific Discovery (and the 400-Year Journey from Galileo to a Rigorous General Theory of Imaging Through Earth's Turbulent Atmosphere)
The General Theory presented in this book primarily relates to imaging with telescopes. It is therefore fitting that the first chapter should provide...