Table of contents : Solar Physics: From the Deep Interior to the Hot Corona....Pages 1-47 Precision Laboratory Measurements in Nuclear Astrophysics....Pages 49-99 The Generation of Cosmic Magnetic Fields....Pages 101-172 Neutron Stars and Strong-Field Effects of General Relativity....Pages 173-185 Gamma Ray Astronomy at High Energies....Pages 187-232 Neutrinos in Physics and Astrophysics....Pages 233-257 Particle and Astrophysical Aspects of Ultra-high Energy Cosmic Rays....Pages 259-299 Galaxies Behind the Milky Way and the Great Attractor....Pages 301-344