Astronomy at the Frontiers of Science, 2011 Integrated Science & Technology Program Series, Vol. 1

Preface.-Part 1: ASTRONOMY AND PHYSICS.-The Universe as laboratory for high energy physics.-Standard candles in astronomy.-High energy cosmic ray & neutrino astronomy.-Interdisciplinary aspects of high energy  astrophysics.-Gravitational wave astronomy.-PART 2: ASTRONOMY IN SOCIETY.-A history of observatory sciences and techniques.-Astronomy and technical progress.-Up the decade! Predictions, prescriptions and international collaborations by the American astronomical (and other) communities.-Building a strong, unified European astronomy.-The future of space astronomy.-PART 3: THE TOOLS OF OBSERVATION AND THE PROFESSION OF ASTRONOMER.-Small telescopes and planets.-Large and very large telescopes.-The challenge of optics in future extremely large telescopes.-Virtual observations.-Doing astronomy at a museum.-Being an astronomer: a testimony.-PART 4: ASTRONOMY AT THE FRONTIERS OF KNOWLEDGE.-Astronomy versus astrology.-Fundamental issues and problems of cosmology.-The Earth and other Solar-system bodies.-Exobiology: an example of  interdisciplinarity at work.-Index.