André Balogh Libri

Understanding how the Sun changes though its 11-year sunspot cycle and how these changes affect the vast space around the Sun – the heliosphere – has been one of the principal objectives of space research since the advent of the space age. This book presents the evolution of the heliosphere through an entire solar activity cycle. The last solar cycle (cycle 23) has been the best observed from both the Earth and from a fleet of spacecraft. Of these, the joint ESA-NASA Ulysses probe has provided continuous observations of the state of the heliosphere since 1990 from a unique vantage point, that of a nearly polar orbit around the Sun. Ulysses’ results affect our understanding of the heliosphere from the interior of the Sun to the interstellar medium - beyond the outer boundary of the heliosphere. Written by scientists closely associated with the Ulysses mission, the book describes and explains the many different aspects of changes in the heliosphere in response to solar activity. In particular, the authors describe the rise in solar activity from the last minimum in solar activity in 1996 to its maximum in 2000 and the subsequent decline in activity.

On the Ulysses mission scientists gathered observations from the unexplored regions of the heliosphere. This book presents a highly readable and concise account of the results. The authors summarise our understanding of the area and provide the basis for understanding the more complex state of the heliosphere around solar maximum. The first chapter provides an overview of the region, introducing the heliosphere prior to the Ulysses mission, and mission objectives. Subsequent chapters discuss the areas of the heliosphere, large and small scale features, cosmic rays and energetic particles, and the observations of interstellar gas and cosmic dust.

Wer liest heute noch Lyrik? Man muss nicht ganz normal sein, wenn man Gedichte verfasst. Das vorliegende Büchlein stellt trotz alledem, illustriert mit ein paar Zeichnungen, eine kleine Anzahl Gedichte vor, die ursprünglich für Kinder gedacht waren. Erwachsene mit kindlich gebliebenem Gemüt finden vielleicht ebenfalls Gefallen daran.

Das kleine Buch legt eine Sammlung von Landschaftsmalereien vor, die in den vergangenen Jahren entstanden sind. Bilder im Computer oder auf dem i-Pad gemalt mit den dort zur Verfügung stehen Instrumentarien. Es erhebt keinen Anspruch auf "große Kunst", was immer das sein soll, sondern ist Ausdruck persönlicher Eindrücke ohne Rücksicht auf die allgemeine Meinung, dass Landschaften heute keine Bedeutung mehr hätten.