Windows on Galaxies: Proceedings of the Sixth Workshop of the Advanced School of Astronomy of the Ettore Majorana Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

Panchromatic Observations of Galaxies: Introductory Remarks.- A Multi-Wavelength Study of M81.- Optical Properties of Early Type Galaxies.- First Steps Towards a Physical Classification of Elliptical Galaxies.- The Colour-Absolute Magnitude Relation for the E Galaxies in the V and 1.05 Micron Wave Bands.- Star Forming Galaxies in the Ultraviolet.- The Far-UV Spectra of Early Type Galaxies.- Hot Stars in Elliptical Galaxies.- Star Formation in High Redshift Radio Galaxies.- A Polarizing Window on High Redshift Radio Galaxies.- Sub-mm Observations of Galaxies.- Active Galactic Nuclei as Starbursts. Modelling the Multifrequency Spectrum.- An Optical, Far-Infrared and Co Survey of Interacting Galaxies.- Iras Observations of Galaxies.- The NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database.- The Radio-Infrared Correlation within Galaxies.- Galaxy Evolution in the Far Infrared.- Top-Heavy IMFs in Starburst Galaxies.- The Large-Scale Radio Continuum Emission of Spiral Galaxies.- Star Formation and Radio Emission.- Radio Properties of Early-Type Galaxies with Dust Lanes.- Lyman Alpha Absorption Systems and the Evolution of Disk Galaxies.- The Milky Way in X-Rays.- The X-Ray Sources of M31.- The Diffuse X-Ray Emission from the LMC.- Peculiar HI in and Around Galaxies.- Photometric-Kinematic Correlations for Spirals.- The Molecular Content of Galaxies.- CO J=3-2 Observations of M51.- X-Ray Properties of Galaxies in a Multiwavelength Setting.- X-Ray Study of Normal Galaxies with Ginga.- The Evolving Stellar Content of Galaxies and the X-Ray Evolution of Elliptical Galaxies.- The Ins and Outs of Gas Flows in Elliptical Galaxies.- The Influence of Central Density and External Pressure on Gas Flows in Ellipticals.- The X-ray Emission of Normal Elliptical Galaxies and their Environment.- Cold Interstellar Matter in Early-Type Galaxies: A Progress Report.- The Hot and Cold Interstellar Matter of Early-Type Galaxies and Their Radio Emission.- The Evolution of Cooling Flows Onto Central Dominant Galaxies.- H? Imaging of X-Ray Luminous Early-Type Galaxies: Clues on the Hot, Warm and Cold Phases of the ISM.- Optical and X-Ray Properties of Elliptical Galaxies.- Some Aspect of Starburst Galaxies.- Chemo-Dynamical Evolution Of Galaxies.- Disentangling Age from Metallicity Effects in Composite Stellar Systems.- Dynamics of Spiral and Elliptical Galaxies.- Megamasers and Galaxy Evolution.- Concluding Remarks.- Near Infrared Spiral Structure in NGC 6946.- Dust in Nearby Galaxy Groups?.- The Optical Extinction Law in the Early-Type Galaxy NGC2534.- Potential Sites for Star Formation in Colliding Galaxies.- Characterising "Box/Peanut" Galagtic Bulges.- Some Implications of the Small-Scale Isotropy of the X-Ray Background.- The Kinetic Energy in Elliptical Galaxies.- The Predominance of Cools Flowing in Clusters of Galaxies and the Medium Sensitivity Surveys.- The Role of the Environment on the Luminosity of Disk-Galaxy Components.- Radio and Optical Observations of the Nuclei of Sbc Galaxies.- A Star Formation Scenario for the Explanation of Seyfert Type 2 Activity: MK 348.- Poster Papers.