Interstellar Molecules

To the memory of Gisbert Winnewisser Gisbert, a talented scientist, an excellent supervisor, and a charismatic leader in the fields of molecular spectroscopy and astrophysics, passed away on March 21, 2011. This sad news arrived while we were busy proofreading the present volume. We are all in deep grief, but take some small comfort in the fact that we are now able to publish this book which he initiated. K. Yamada

• History (G. Winnewisser, M.T. Yamada).- Molecules Detected in Interstellar Space (F. Wyrowski, K. Menten).- Fundamentals of Spectroscopy for Astrophysics (P. Jensen, N. Ohashi).- Laboratory-Experimental Methods (T.F. Giesen, K. Jacobs).- Lists of Molecules Observed in Interstellar Space (F. Wyrowski, K. Menten).