The NASA Kepler and K2 missions have made fundamental, paradigm-changing advances in essentially every area of astrophysics and planetary science. While known for their breakthrough discoveries in exoplanets – especially small rocky worlds orbiting in the habitable zone of their host suns – these missions have also continued to make numerous scientific advances in solar system science, stellar astrophysics and extragalactic astronomy. This book is devoted to the Kepler and K2 missions and ...

This book juxtaposes national anthems of thirteen countries from central Europe, with the aim of initiating a dialogue among the peoples of East-Central Europe.We tend to perceive a national anthem as a particular mirror, involuntarily reflecting an image of nation and homeland; but how does it represent the community for whom it sounds? To answer this question, the book deploys a comparative approach – anthems are presented in the light of those of neighbouring countries, with the...

You know, there are people who love to annoy each other. We may also say that they dig holes for their fellow-men and they laugh at them when they fall into. They simply don’t realize that one day they can also fall into one of these holes and no one will help them. In other words, helping your friends makes the world go round. It’s like the festival Krishna believers observe every year. They’re pushing a huge cart together symbolizing how great it is when you lend others a helping hand. M...