Paris Pişmiş, Gabriel Cruz-Gonzalez
Reminiscences in the Life of Paris Pişmiş: A Woman Astronomer
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Astronomia, Instuto Nacional de Astrofisica, Optica, y Electronica, Mexico 1998
103 s. + 15 s. resim
ISBN 968-36-6449-0

Preface          

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Words from Rector Jose Sarukhani in the ocasion of the homage to Paris Pişmiş, January 19, 1993 National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

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Introduction

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My early years

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Adolescence

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Student in the United States

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Astrophysics at Harvard

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Social life at Harvard

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Astrophysics in Mexico

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Trips to IAU Assemblies

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Approach to Germany through the Embassy

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Visit to Germany and Prague

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Paris Pişmiş in Ankara and Middle East Technical University

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Instrumentation in Mexico

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Paris at the NASA

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Astronomy since the 1980's

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Epilogue

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Annexes

Is There a Third Integral of Motion?

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Comments on Activity in Galacitic Nuclei at all Scales of Energetics

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Semblanza de Luis Enrique Erro

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Excitement of an Astronomer Facing a New Result; an Example

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