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The pre-modern era of the ISM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2015

John M. Dickey
John M. Dickey*
Affiliation:
School of Maths and Physics, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7005, Australia email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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The history of our understanding of the interstellar medium has a pre-modern era and an early-modern era. Several threads show continuity in observational approach and interpretation, reaching from the first decade of the last century to the present. The first 50 years were a period of pioneering work, done mostly by stellar astronomers, who chanced upon the ISM by a strange variety of pathways.

Keywords

ISM: generalISM: evolutionISM: cloudsISM: structureGalaxy: evolution
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 10 , Highlights H16: Highlights of Astronomy , August 2012 , pp. 572 - 573
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2015 

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