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Mercury, November/December 1998 Table of Contents

Academia

Kutner, M.L.: The Withering of Academic Freedom (faculty vs. administrators) - Jan/Feb, p. 24.

Musser, G.: Editorial (community colleges) - Jan/Feb, p. 2.

Amateur Astronomy

Kaitchuck, R.H.: A Collaborative View of Eruptive Stars - Sep/Oct, p. 18.

ASP Activities

1998 ASP Award Winners - May/Jun, p. 5.

Asteroids, Comets, and Unknown Objects

Bracher, K.: Stones from the Sky - Nov/Dec, p. 4.

Kortenkamp, S.: Amid the Swirl of Interplanetary Dust - Nov/Dec, p. 7.

Semeniuk, I.: Armageddon? Sorry... Just Armakiddin'! - Nov/Dec, p. 12.

Tagliaferri, E.: Observation of Meteoroid Impacts by Space-Based Sensors - Nov/Dec, p. 18.

Astronomical Community

Ringwald, F.: Last Page: So, You're an Astronomer? - Sep/Oct, p. 31.

Stengler, E.: Last Page: The End of a Long (Hi)Story (closing of Royal Greenwich Observatory) - Jul/Aug, p. 31.

Cosmology

Impey, C.D.: The Unspeakable Act of Creation (or What the Cosmologist Saw) - Mar/Apr, p. 9.

Education

Bisard, W. and Zeilik, M.: Restructuring a Class, Transforming the Professor: Conceptually Centered Astronomy With Actively Engaged Students - Jul/Aug, p. 16.

Connolly, L.: Newswire - Jan/Feb, p. 8.

Connolly, L.: Newswire - Mar/Apr, p. 8.

Connolly, L.: Newswire - May/Jun, p. 9.

Connolly, L.: Newswire - Jul/Aug, p. 6.

Connolly, L.: Newswire - Sep/Oct, p. 5.

Connolly, L.: Newswire - Nov/Dec, p. 5.

Dahlman, L.: Black Holes to Blackboards: Getting a Global Sense - May/Jun, p. 6.

Dubeck, L.: Sci-Fi in the Classroom: Making a "Deep Impact" on Young People's Interest in Science - Nov/Dec, p. 24.

Goldader, D.M.: Barred Galaxies (learning in prisons) - Jan/Feb, p. 17.

Impey, C.D.: Book Review: Problems for the Next Generation - Nov/Dec, p. 29.

Lockwood, J.F.: Black Holes to Blackboards: Seeing the Light - Jan/Feb, p. 9.

Lockwood, J.F.: Black Holes to Blackboards: God Divided by Zero (black holes) - Mar/Apr, p. 5.

Lockwood, J.F.: Black Holes to Blackboards: Building Universes in the Classroom (curriculum programs) - Sep/Oct, p. 6.

Teare, S.W.: The Telescopes in Education Program at Mount Wilson Observatory - May/Jun, p. 22.

Elementary Particle Physics

Mann, A.K.: Elements of Elementary Particle Physics - Jul/Aug, p. 9.

Extraterrestrial Life

Shostak, S.: Last Page: Religion, Science, and E.T. - May/Jun, p. 31.

Galaxies

Bracher, K.: Echoes of the Past: The Nature of the Nebulae - Mar/Apr, p. 6.

Bracher, K.: Echoes of the Past: The Center of the Milky Way Galaxy - Jul/Aug, p. 4.

Drimmel: R.: Research Review: Warped Kinematics - Jul/Aug, p. 7.

Gregory, S.A.: Digging for Clues to Galaxy Formation in Large-Scale Structures - Mar/Apr, p. 25.

Interdisciplinary Astronomy

Avalos, H.: Heavenly Conflicts: The Bible and Astronomy - Mar/Apr, p. 20.

Observing

Bracher, K.: Echoes of the Past: The Men With Long Eyes (Kitt Peak) - Jan/Feb, p. 7.

Bracher, K.: Echoes of the Past: 50 Years Ago: The 200-inch Hale Telescope on Mount Palomar - Sep/Oct, p. 4.

Junor, B., Restaino, S., and Duric, N.: Seeing the Details of the Stars with Next Generation Telescopes - Sep/Oct, p. 26.

LoPresto, M.C.: Guest Observer: Seeing Our Place in the Solar System - Jan/Feb, p. 10.

Pilachowski, C. and Trueblood, M.: Telescopes of the 21st Century - Sep/Oct, p. 10.

White, J.C.: Accidental Astrophysics: Getting the Measure of the Universe (Hyades) - Mar/Apr, p. 7.

White, J.C.: Accidental Astrophysics: Don't Seek Shelter in the Storm (Leonid meteor shower) - Sep/Oct, p. 7.

White, J.C.: Accidental Astrophysics: Hello, Ceres - Nov/Dec, p. 6.

White, J.C.: Accidental Astrophysics: The Devil's In the Magnitudes: Part I - May/Jun, p. 8.

White, J.C.: Accidental Astrophysics: The Devil's In the Magnitudes: Part II - Jul/Aug, p. 5.

Physics and Astronomy

Sandford, S.A.: Why You Can't Have a Snowball Fight on Mars (physics of snowball manufacture) - Jan/Feb, p. 19.

Trimble, V.: That Was the Year That Was: Astrophysics in 1997 - Mar/Apr, p. 14.

Solar System

Bracher, K.: Echoes of the Past: Is the Solar System Unique? - May/Jun, p. 7.

Miller, R.W.: Reflections on the 100-Year Anniversary of the War of the Worlds: A Frontier and Literary History of Mars - May/Jun, p. 12.

Scott, E.: Research Review: Was There Life in the Martian Meteorite? - Sep/Oct, p. 8.

Zent, A.: Research Review: The Peroxide Planet - Jan/Feb, p. 11.

Space Flight

Miller, R.W.: The Cassini Controversy Continues (spaceborne plutonium) - Jan/Feb, p. 28.

Strock, I.R.: Your Ticket to the Moon: The Artemis Project - Jul/Aug, p. 26.

Stars and Stellar Evolution

Brown, A.G.A.: The Hyades: So Close, and Now, So Familiar - May/Jun, p. 17.

Kaitchuck, R.H.: A Collaborative View of Eruptive Stars - Sep/Oct, p. 18.

Pickett, B.K.: Research Review: Protostellar Disks with Hot and Cool Running Spirals - May/Jun, p. 10.

Smith, M.: The X-Rays from Cassiopeia's Lap - May/Jun, p. 26.

Smith, N.: The Behemoth Eta Carinae: A Repeat Offender - Jul/Aug, p. 20.

Sun

Pesnell, W.D.: Book Review: The Prodigal Sun - Jan/Feb, p. 32.

Supernovae and Remnants

Schlegel, E.M.: Research Review: When Supernovae Collide - Mar/Apr, p. 29.

Time

Graves, S.A.: Last Page: Clock-less, Timeless? - Mar/Apr, p. 31.

X-Ray Astronomy