Interstellar Matters : Essays on Curiosity and Astronomical Discovery (2nd pr. 2003. VI, 320 S. m. 81 Abb. u. graph. Darst. 24,5 cm)

Finally, we learn about the modern study of interstellar matter: the discovery of complex organic molecules between the stars and how they may have seeded the early earth with the precursors for life, new insights into star formation, the structure of the Milky Way and the elusive interstellar magnetic field.