Cosmic View

An original vision and a pedagogical text on a major issue of our time and, even more, of our childen´s.

The book describes from a historical point of view how cosmic rays were discovered. The book describes the research in cosmic rays. The main focus is on how the knowledge was gained, describing the main experiments and the conclusions drawn. Biographical sketches of main researchers are provided.

Editors: Balogh, A., Bykov, A., Eastwood, J., Kaastra, J. (Eds.)
Offers tutorial chapters introducing basic concepts of comic plasma structure formation as well as deep original reviews of the current status of observations and theory
Constitutes a coordinated and coherent collection of reviews by leading scientists in this wide-ranging field of astrophysics and cosmology
Includes the broadest existing coverage of the origin and the dynamics of cosmic plasma structures in all astrophysical contexts, such as recently discovered structures like the cold fronts in dark matter dominated clusters of galaxies

Are we alone in the universe? Where did the moon come from? How do we know what stars are made of? Could there really be a future in asteroid mining?

The book describes from a historical point of view how cosmic rays were discovered. The book describes the research in cosmic rays. The main focus is on how the knowledge was gained, describing the main experiments and the conclusions drawn. Biographical sketches of main researchers are provided. Cosmic rays have an official date of discovery which is linked to the famous balloon flights of the Austrian physicist Hess in 1912. The year 2012 can therefore be considered the centenary of the discovery.