File: Astrophysics and Space Science

Scope and Content

Correspondence from a folder labelled 'Astrophysics and Space Science'. Material relates to the international science journal Astrophysics and Space Science, founded by Kopal in 1968, and of which he remained an editor until his death.

Correspondence is between ZK, Editor, EBF, Editorial Assistant, Co-Editors and academics. regarding research papers for the journal, and includes comments on a manuscript 'Proper Motions and Distances of Quasars' by Luyten.

Other material includes: a manuscript 'On the Emission of Neurinos and Gravitational Waves in the Formation of Neutron Stars' by Kondo, McClusky and Sofia; confidential report on the paper '"Soup" on comets and the origin of life' by Hoyle and Wickramasinghe; commentary on the chapter 'Photographic Proper Motions' by W. Dieckvoss'.