Highlights of Astronomy: As Presented at the XVIIIth General Assembly of the IAU, 1982

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Astronomy in Ancient Greece....Pages 3-14
The Origin and Early History of the Sun and the Planetary System in the Context of Stellar Evolution....Pages 15-28
Modern Cosmology....Pages 29-52
Origin and Development of Solar Flares....Pages 53-71
Front Matter....Pages 73-73
Solar Luminosity Variations....Pages 75-94
Evolution in Old Stellar Populations in Galaxies....Pages 95-202
The Extragalactic Distance Scale and the Hubble Constant....Pages 203-317
Origin and Evolution of Interplanetary Objects....Pages 319-442
Active Galactic Nuclei....Pages 443-533
Mass Loss Phenomena....Pages 535-606
Front Matter....Pages 607-607
Joint Commission Meeting on Giant H II Complex Outside Our Galaxy....Pages 609-635
Joint Commission Meeting on UV and X-Ray Observations of Interacting Binary Systems....Pages 637-653
Joint Commission Meeting on The Violent Interstellar....Pages 655-706
Joint Commission Meeting on Coma Models....Pages 707-723
Joint Commission Meeting on Beams and Jets in Extragalactic Sources....Pages 725-744
Joint Commission Meeting on the Local Supercluster and its Environment....Pages 745-760
Joint Commission Meeting on Atomic and Molecular Data....Pages 761-803
Back Matter....Pages 805-817