ISBN 0816509824 ; LCCN 86014665 ; LOC No QB857 .G4 1986 ; color pictorial boards, no dustjacket ; "An informative and well-balanced collection of articles by many authors, these ideas are clearly set out, and explored in some detail. . . . An excellent and readable source book."--Endeavour"It is an excellent, well-organized textbook."--Science Books and Films ; Roman Smoluchowski was a notable physicist who worked in Poland, and after World War II settled in Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. He was the son of the statistical physics pioneer Marian Smoluchowski. In 1974, Roman Smoluchowski was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. ; Originally published in 1986, this work came out of a conference held in Tucson, Arizona in January 1985, which had the purpose of emphasizing the influence of the Galaxy on the solar system rather than to discuss the Galaxy and the solar system per se. The meeting was the first get-together of the galactic and solar system scientific communities. At the time, the conversations covered new and sometimes controversial topics. This work presented the latest research and stimulated new research and ideas. ; Contacts: The Solar-galactic Neighborhood: Galactic Gravitational Fields -- The Galactic Environment Of The Solar System / J.n. Bahcall -- Stars Within 25 Parsecs Of The Sun / W Gliese, H. Jahreiss And A. R. Upgren -- Present, Past And Future Velocity Of Nearby Stars: The Path Of The Sun In 10 To The 8 Years / F. Bash -- The Local Velocity Field In The Last Billion Years / J. Palous -- Massive Interstellar Clouds -- Molecular Clouds And Periodic Events In The Geologic Past / P. Thaddeus -- Observational Constraints On The Interaction Of Giant Molecular Clouds With The Solar System / N. Z. Scoville, D. B. Sanders -- Interstellar Clouds Near The Sun / P. C. Frisch, D. G. York -- Other Galactic Features -- The Chemical Composition Of Comets And Possible Contribution To Planet Composition And Evolution / J. M. Greenberg -- Temporal Variations Of Cosmic Rays Over A Variety Of Time Scales / J. R. Jokipii, K. Marti -- A Local Recent Supernova: Evidence From X Rays - Al Radioactivity And Cosmic Rays / D D Clayton, D P Cox, F C Michel -- The Oort Cloud -- Dynamical Influence Of Galactic Tides And Molecular Clouds On The Oort Cloud Of Comets / M. V. Torbett -- Cometary Evidence For A Solar Companion? / A. H. Delsemme -- The Oort Cloud And The Galaxy: Dynamical Interactions / P. R. Weissman -- Perturbations Of The Solar System -- Geologic Periodicities And The Galaxy / M. R. Rampino, R. B. Stothers -- Giant Comets And The Galaxy: Implications Of The Terrestrial Record / S. V. M. Clube And W. M. Napier -- Dynamical Evidence For Planet X / J. D. Anderson, E. M. Standish, Jr. -- Planet X As The Source Of The Periodic And Steady-state Flux Of Short Period Comets / J. J. Matese, D. P. Whitmire -- Existence And Stability Of A Solar Companion Star Evolution Of The Solar System In The Presence Of A Solar Companion Star / P. Hut -- Mass Extinctions, Crater Ages And Comet Showers / E. M. Shoemaker, R. F. Wolfe -- Evidence For Nemesis: A Solar Companion Star / R. A. Muller -- Evidence Of Comets And Other Long-period Solar Companions Into The Planetary System By Passing Stars / J. Hills -- Is There Evidence For A Solar Companion? / S. Tremaine -- Color Section -- Glossary / M. Magisos -- Bibliography / M. Magisos -- List Of Contributors With Acknowledgments To Funding Agencies -- Index ; slight spotting, else VG.

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Title: The Galaxy and the solar system [Solar-galactic Neighborhood: Galactic Gravitational Fields- Galactic Environment Of Solar System- Stars Within 25 Parsecs Of Sun- Present, Past & Future Velocity Of Nearby Stars: Path Of Sun In 10 To 8 Years- Local Velocity Field In Last Billion Years- Massive Interstellar Clouds- Molecular Clouds & Periodic Events In Geologic Past- Observational Constraints On Interaction Of Giant Molecular Clouds With Solar System- Interstellar Clouds Near Sun- Other Galactic ...
Publisher: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, c1986
Publication Date: 1986
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0816509824
ISBN 13: 9780816509829
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Book Type: Book

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