Sirius Matters

Noah Brosch completed his first and second degrees at Tel Aviv University in Israel and received his PhD in Astronomy from the University of Leiden in the Netherlands for a study of isolated galaxies. Since 1983 he served in various functions at Tel Aviv University’s Wise Observatory, presently as Director. Brosch is also the Principal Investigator of the TAUVEX Ultraviolet Space Telescope, the first space astronomy mission of Israel, scheduled for a 2008 launch. He is a past Chairman of the Israel Astronomical Association and is a well-known science educator, popular science writer and lecturer. The main scientific interest of Noah Brosch is evolutionary processes in galaxies with emphasis on the dwarf galaxies, but he publishes papers on a variety of topics from objects in our Solar System, through space astronomy, to extragalactic research.

• Historical perspective.- Mysteries of the Sirius system.- Approaching modern times.- Modern optical measurements.- Modern non-optical observations.- The neighborhood of Sirius.- The perspective of stellar structure.- The perspective of stellar evolution.- Sirius revealed – a synthesis of the information.

From the reviews: "The author seems to have summarised almost everything that is known about Sirius. ... will be understandable to anyone with a basic knowledge of physics ... . There is a diversity of interesting pictures, graphs and diagrams, including satellite data and dramatic images ... . Brosch writes for the educated reader, and even non-scientists will be able to enjoy large parts of his opus, especially the historical and ethnographical sections. It is a delightful book that can be recommended warmly to all ... ." (Peter V. E. McClintock, Contemporary Physics, Vol. 51 (5), 2010)