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Preface vii
Sun and Heliosphere
The Origin of Magnetic Helicity in Solar Active Regions K. Petrovay 3
The Origin of Solar Eruptions T. G. Forbes 13
Eruptive and Compact Flares B. Schmieder G. Aulanier C. Delannee A. Berlicki 22
Analysis of 3D Magnetic Reconnections of Two Active Regions C. Oprea M. Mierla C. Dumitrache 31
Chromospheric Line Emission Analysis of the July 16, 2004 Sun Quake D. Besliu-Ionescu A. Donea P. Cally C. Lindsey 38
Sampling the Coronal Magnetic Field I. Ballai 44
Transverse Oscillations in Coronal Loops I. Arregui M. Luna R. Oliver J. Terradas J. L. Ballester 54
Thermally Damped Waves in the Solar Corona A. Marcu I. Ballai 64
Analysis of Four Coronal Mass Ejections Using SOHO Data M. Mierla S. Giordano 71
Huge Complex Filament Evolution D. R. Constantin M. Mierla C. Oprea C. Dumitrache 78
Solar Prominence Models-A New Perspective via the Theory of DynamicalSystems V. Mioc C. Dumitrache 85
The Power of Time-frequency Representations A. Oncica 93
Numerical Simulations of the Initiation and the IP Evolution of Coronal Mass Ejections C. Jacobs S. Poedts B. van der Holst G. Dubey R. Keppens 101
Study of the Interface between Coronal Holes and Streamers G. Noci E. Gavryuseva D. Spadaro R. Susino 111
Latitudinal and Radial Variation of Solar Corona Rotation at Solar Minimum S. Giordano S. Mancuso M. Romoli 119
Plasma Flows in Coronal Streamers-Numerical Simulation C. Dumitrache 129
Heliospheric Electric and Magnetic Fields A. S. Popescu 138
Fractional Diffusion Equations and Applications E. Popescu 144
Nonstandard Representations of Processes in Dynamical Systems Z. Mijajlovic N. Pejovic S. Ninkovic 151
Stars and Galaxies
Cosmological Flows M. D. Suran 161
Interactions Effects on Color and Morphology of Galaxy Pairs N. A. Popescu 173
The Photometry of Poorly Studied Open Star Clusters in the Milky Way M. V. Zabolotskikh E. V. Glushkova S. E. Koposov O. I. Spiridonova A. S. Rastorguev 181
The Moscow Program of Cepheid Investigations A. S. Rastorguev L. N. Berdnikov N. N. Samus N. A. Gorynya M. E. Sachkov A. K. Dambis M. V. Zabolotskikh 188
On the Common Influence of Stark Broadening and Hyperfine Structure in Stellar Spectra: Mn II Lines Z. Simic M. S. Dimitrijevic L. C. Popovic M. Dacic S. Sahal-Brechot A. Kovacevic 195
Te I Stark Broadening Data for Stellar Plasma Analysis M. S. Dimitrijevic Z. Simic A. Kovacevic M. Dacic S. Sahal-Brechot 202
Influence of Collisions with Charged Particles on Solar Type Star Spectra; Investigations on Belgrade Astronomical Observatory M. S. Dimitrijevic 207
Papapetrou Energy-momentum Complex for a Stringy Black Hole Solution I. Radinschi B. Ciobanu 214
Massive Star Winds and Trajectories around Black Holes A. S. Popescu 220
Author Index 227
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John Ferrebee
reviewed Flows, Boundaries, Interactions on November 28, 2012
Flows
To start with, "Playing with the Planets" is an English translation to a Dutch book so while it's pretty well written it might not read as fluidly as native English books do.
I decided to read it because Dr. 't Hooft is a favorite physicist of mine and I wanted to learn a little more about his ideas and thoughts on things. That's exactly what this is, an unfiltered editorial where he presents his opinions on various ideas usually brought up by the science-fiction genre.
Unlike writings by many other popular physicists what you get here is a much more pessimistic, and probably more realistic, picture of what technology of the future could be. I read a lot of the reviews of this book criticizing the author for being too down on what science-fiction often lets us think. It's true, he is very pessimistic when it comes to most of the outrageous ideas that come from fiction. That said, there's also a lot of interesting ideas, like Neumann-bots and the revival of airships that are more realistic and still exciting.
I definitely agree that 't Hooft leans pretty firmly toward an extreme realist view. Personally I'm more optimistic than that and think his stance is a bit too restricted. That said, this is a good book to counter a lot of the much more ridiculous stuff out there that leans in the other direction.
What I gained from reading this book is an understanding of many of the obstacles that mean the technology advances we see in fiction have a long way to go, if at all. His reasoning for why there may not be other intelligent life in this galaxy makes a lot of sense (but certainly doesn't rule it out for other galaxies.)
The book was definitely worth the read for me. If you're someone who just wants to believe in sci-fi dreams without any doubts, it won't be good for you (rather, it might be good for you, but you might not like it.) In the end, it can be a bit of a downer but if you're serious about science and the future of technology, it provides a nice counterbalance to much of the other stuff you might read.
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