Scholarly Publications-Eric J. Chaisson
(partial listing of representative articles)
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PUBLISHED PAPERS:

Chaisson, E. J. "Detection of an Unidentified Emission Feature in the Microwave Spectrum of W3A," Astrophysical Journal, 167, 551, 1971.

Chaisson, E. J. and Ball, J., "Radiofrequency Detection of an Anomalous Interstellar Recombination Line," Astrophysical Journal, 169, 495, 1971.

Dickinson, D. F. and Chaisson, E. J., "Search for Extragalactic Water Vapor," Astrophysical Journal, 169, 207, 1971.

Chaisson, E. J., "High Frequency Confirmation of a Radio Recombination Line from an HI Region," Astrophysical Journal, 170, 81, 1971.

Chaisson, E. J., "Measurement of Interstellar Neutral Hydrogen toward W3," Astronomy & Astrophysics, 18, 149, 1972.

Chaisson, E. J. and Goad, L. E., "Measurement of Fractional Ionization of Interstellar Hydrogen toward K3-50," read at 136th AAS Meeting, San Juan, Dec. 1971; Bulletin American Astronomical Society, 3, 471,1971.

Chaisson, E. J. and Goad, L. E. "Low-Energy X-rays Ruled Out as Interstellar Ionizing Mechanism toward K3-50," Astrophysical Journal, 171, L61, 1972.

Papadopoulous, G., Lo, K. Y., Rosencranz, P., and Chaisson, E. J., "Observations of Recombination Lines at Ku Band," Astrophysics Letters, 10, 89, 1972.

Chaisson, E. J., Black, J. H., Dupree, A. K., and Cesarsky, D., "Detection of Interstellar Recombination Lines from Emitters of Intermediate Mass," Astrophysical Journal, 173, L131, 1972.

Chaisson, E. J., "Microwave Observations of a Partially Ionized Interstellar Cloud," Nature Physical Science, 239, 83, 1972.

Goad, L. E. and Chaisson, E. J., "Observations of Radio Recombination Lines in Planetary Nebulae," Eighteenth International Astrophysical Symposium, Liege, Belgium, V, 115, 1973.

Chaisson, E. J., "Microwave Spectroscopic Mapping of Gaseous Nebulae; I. Excited Hydrogen, Helium and Carbon in Orion B," Astrophysical Journal, 182, 767, 1973.

Lada, C. J. and Chaisson. E. J., "Microwave Spectroscopic Mapping of Gaseous Nebulae; II. Observations of Hydrogen in NGC 7538," Astrophysical Journal , 183, 479. 1973.

Chaisson, E. J., "Microwave Spectroscopic Mapping of Gaseous Nebulae; III. Hydrogen, Helium and Carbon in Orion A," Astrophysical Journal, 186, 545, 1973.

Chaisson, E. J., "Microwave Spectroscopic Mapping of Gaseous Nebulae; IV. Excited Hydrogen in Sagittarius B2," Astrophysical Journal, 186, 555, 1973.

Chaisson, E. J. and Dickinson, D. F., "OH in the Hoffman Infrared Sources," Astrophysics Letters, 12, 119, 1972.

Chaisson, E. J., "A Recombination-Line Study of the Sagittarius B2 Radio Complex," read at 138th AAS Meeting, East Lansing, Aug. 1972; Bulletin Amer. Astr. Soc., 4, 317, 1972.

Lada, C. J., and Chaisson, E. J., "Microwave Spectroscopic Mapping of NGC 7538," read at 138th AAS Meeting, East Lansing, Aug. 1972; Bulletin Amer. Astr. Soc., 4, 319, 1972.

Dent, W., Kapitzky, J., Leslie, B., Kojoian, G., Meeks, L. M., Danforth, H., Kollasch, J. J., Chaisson, E. J., Dickinson, D. F., Goad, L. E., and Lada, C. J., "15.5-GHz Observation at the Haystack Observatory of the Cygnus X-3 Outburst," Nature Physical Science, 239, 126, 1972.

Dickinson, D. F. and Chaisson, E. J., "Long-Period Variables: Correlation of Stellar Period with OH Radial Velocity Pattern," Astrophysical Journal, 181, L135, 1973.

Chaisson, E. J., "A Correlation Study of Carbon Emission Lines and Hydroxyl Absorption Lines Toward Galactic Nebulae," read at 139th AAS Meeting, Las Cruces, Jan 1973; Bulletin American Astronomical Society, 5, 22,1973.

Chaisson, E. J., "On the Recombination-Line Observations toward Supernova 3C39," Astrophysical Journal, 189, 69, 1974.

Chaisson E. J., "Correlation Study of Carbon Ions and Hydroxyl Molecules toward Galactic Nebulae," Astronomical Journal, 79, 555, 1974.

Chaisson. E. J. and Lada, C. J., "Recombination Lines from HI Gas toward Orion A," Astrophysical Journal, 189, 227, 1974.

Sistla. G., Kojoian, G., and Chaisson. E. J., "Radio Continuum Measurements of Planetary Nebulae at 15.5 GHz," Astrophysical Journal, 192, 165, 1974.

Chaisson. E. J., "High-Frequency Observations of Possible 'Heavy Element' Recombination Lines," Astrophysical Journal, 191, 411, 1974.

Chaisson. E. J., "Heavy-Element Recombination Lines," read at 141st AAS Meeting, Tucson, Dec. 1973; Bulletin American Astronomical Society, 5, 451, 1973.

Sistla, G., Kojoian, G. and Chaisson, E. J. "Microwave Measurements of Planetary Nebulae," read at 141st AAS Meeting, Tucson, Dec. 1973; Bulletin American Astronomical Society, 5, 424, 1973.

Black, J. H., Chaisson, E. J., Ball, J. A., Penfield, H. and Lilley, A. E., "Radiofrequency Emission from CH in Comet Kohoutek (1973f)," Int. Astr. Union Circ. No. 2621, 18 Jan 1974; Astrophysical Journal, 191, L45 1974.

Beichman, C. A. and Chaisson, E. J., "Possible Evidence for a Large Magnetic Field in the Orion Infrared Nebula," Astrophysical Journal, 190, L21, 1974.

Lada, C. J. and Chaisson, E. J., "Observations of Formaldehyde toward M17," Astrophysical Journal, 195, 367, 1975.

Dickinson, D. F. and Chaisson, E. J., "An OH Survey of the Hoffmann 100 micron Sources," Astrophysical Journal, 79, 938, 1974.

Chaisson, E. J., Ingalls, R. I., Rogers, A.E.E., and Shapiro, I.I., "An Upper Limit on the Radar Cross-Section of Comet Kohoutek," NASA-MSFC Proceedings of Comet Kohoutek Workshop, NASA SP-355, p.l89, 1975; Icarus, 24, 188, 1975.

Black, J. H., Chaisson. E. J., Ball, J. H., Penfield, H. and Lilley, A. E., "l 9-cm CH Emission in Comet Kohoutek (1973f)," NASA-MSFC Proceedings of Comet Kohoutek Workshop, NASA SP-355, p.l35, 1975.

Chaisson, E. J. and Beichman, C. A., "Magnetism In Dense Interstellar Clouds," read at l43rd AAS Meeting, Rochester, June 1974; Bulletin American Astronomical Society, 6, 336, 1974.

Willson, R. F. and Chaisson, E. J., "Radiofrequency Observations of the Trifid Nebula," read at 143rd AAS Meeting, Rochester, June 1974; Bulletin American Astronomical Society, 6, 350, 1974.

Chaisson, E. J. and Beichman, C. A., "Further Evidence for Magnetism in the Orion Region," Astrophysical Journal, 199, L39, 1975.

Chaisson, E. J. and Willson, R. F., "A Microwave Investigation of the Trifid Nebula and Its Surrounding Environment," Astrophysical Journal, 199, 647, 1975.

Chaisson, E. J., "On Nebular Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics,'' read at Union of International Radio Scientists Meeting, Boulder, 1974.

Chaisson, E. J., Review of Molecules in the Galactic Environment, M.A.Gordon & L.E.Snyder (eds.), 475 pp, Wiley, 1973; appeared in Physics Today, pg 74, January, 1975.

Chaisson, E. J., Review of The Galactic Club by R.N.Bracewell, 142 pp, Scribner, 1975; appeared in Science, 190, 43,1975.

Chaisson, E. J., "Microwave Observations of Rho Ophiuchi," read at 144th AAS Meeting, Gainesville, June 1974; Bulletin American Astronomical Society, 6, 436 1974.

Chaisson, E. J., "Microwave Observations of the Rho Ophiuchi Dark Cloud," Astrophysical Journal, 197, L65, 1975.

Frogel, J. A., Persson, S. E., Dickinson, D. F., and Chaisson, E.J., "CO Observations of Compact Galactic H II Regions," read at 146th AAS Meeting, San Diego, Jan 1975; Bulletin American Astronomical Society, 7, 401, 1975.

Rodriguez, L. F. and Chaisson, E. J., "Radio Recombination-Line Mapping of M8," read at 146th AAS Meeting, San Diego, Jan 1975; Bulletin American Astronomical Society, 7, 464, 1975.

Chaisson. E. J., and Dopita, M. A., "A Dual Radio-Optical Spectroscopic Study of the Orion Nebula," read at 146th AAS Meeting, San Diego, Jan 1975; Bulletin American Astronomical Society, 7, 465, 1975.

Rodriguez, L. F. and Chaisson. E. J., "23-GHz Mapping of H II Regions and a Comparison to High Resolution Far-lnfrared Maps," read at 148th AAS Meeting, Haverford; Bulletin American Astronomical Society, 8, , 1976.

Chaisson, E. J., and Malkan, M. A., "A Radio Recombination Line Study of the Planetary Nebula NGC 7027," Astrophysical Journal, 210, 108, 1976.

Jaffe, D. T. and Chaisson, E. J., "Microwave Mapping of W3," read at Astronomische Gesellschaft Meeting, Oberkochen, W.Germany, 1976; Mitteilungen der Astronomischen Gesellschaft, 40, 137, 1976.

Chaisson, E. J., "Gaseous Nebulae and Their Interstellar Environment," in Frontiers of Astrophysics, E.H. Avrett (ed.), pp 259-351, Harvard University Press, 1976.

Chaisson, E. J. and Dopita, M.A., "A Comparative Study of the Orion Nebula in the Radio and Optical Domains," Astronomy and Astrophysics, 56, 385, 1977.

Chaisson, E. J., Review of Exploring the Galaxies by S. Mitton, 206 pp, Scribner, 1976; appeared in American Scientist, pg 625, Sep-Oct 1977.

Chaisson, E. J., "The Scenario of Cosmic Evolution," Harvard Magazine, pp 20-33, Nov-Dec 1977. (Judged best general article by Harvard faculty member, 1978; awarded Smith-Weld Prize, 1978.)

Chaisson, E. J., and Rodriguez, L. F., "Detection of Extragalactic Radio Recombination Line Emission from M82," Astrophysical Journal, 214, L111, 1977.

Perrenod, S. C., Shields, G. A., and Chaisson, E. J., "Observation and Interpretation of Temperature Gradients in the Orion Nebula," Astrophysical Journal, 216, 427, 1977.

Rodriguez, L. F., and Chaisson, E. J., "A Comparative Study of High-radiofrequency and Far-Infrared Observations of Galactic H II Regions," Astrophysical Journal, 221, 816, 1978.

Chaisson, E. J., Lichten, S. M., and Rodriguez, L. F., "The Helium Problem in Sagittarius B2," Astrophysical Journal, 221, 810, 1978.

Rodriguez, L. F. and Chaisson, E. J., "Wide H94-alpha Emission from the Extended Thermal Component in the Galactic Center," Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 184, 145, 1978.

Chaisson, E. J. and Vrba, F. J., "Magnetic Field Structures and Strengths in Dark Clouds," a review paper published in Protostars and Planets, T.Gehrels (ed.), pp 189-208, U. of AZ Press, 1978.

Chaisson, E. J., Lichten, S. M., and Rodriguez, L. F., "The Helium Problem in Sagittarius B2," read at the 151st AAS Meeting, Austin, Jan 1975; Bulletin American Astronomical Society, 9, 555, 1978.

Chaisson, E. J., "Radio Spectroscopic Observations of Planetary Nebulae," International Astronomical Union Symposium #76, Y.Terzian (ed.), 127, Dordrecht:Reidel, 1978.

Chaisson, E. J., "Cosmic Evolution: A Synthesis of Matter and Life," Zygon, 14, 23, 1979.

Chaisson, E. J., "Cosmic Evolution," San Francisco Chronicle, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 January, 1978.

Chaisson, E. J., "Gaseous Nebulae," Scientific American, December 1978.

Rodriguez, L. F. and Chaisson, E. J., "The Temperature and Dynamics of the Ionized Gas in the Nucleus of Our Galaxy," Astrophysical Journal, 228, 734, 1979.

Lichten, S. M., Rodriguez, L. F. and Chaisson, E. J. "A Hydrogen and Helium Recombination Line Survey of Galactic H II Regions at 10 GHz," Astrophysical Journal, 229, 524, 1979.

Rodriguez, L. F. and Chaisson, E. J., "On the Ionizing Agent of the Extended Thermal Component in the Galactic Center," Astrophysical Journal, 231, 697, 1979.

Perrenod, S. C. and Chaisson, E. J., "A Search for 21-cm Absorption in Quasars of High Redshift," Astrophysical Journal, 232, 49, 1979.

Rodriguez, L. F. and Chaisson, E. J. "The Temperature and Dynamics of the Ionized Gas in the Nucleus of Our Galaxy," read at the 153rd AAS Meeting, Mexico City; Bulletin American Astronomical Society, 10, 679, 1979.

Chaisson. E. J., "The Beginnings of Tomorrow," Think Magazine, pg 34, Jan-Feb, 1980.

Chaisson, E. J., "Exploring the Invisible: Astronomy in the 70's," Harvard Crimson, special decade-end issue, January, 1980.

Chaisson, E. J., Review of Red Giants and White Dwarfs, 2nd ed., by Robert Jastrow, 275 pp, W.W.Norton, 1979; appeared in The Quaterly Review of Biology, 55, 272, 1980.

Chaisson, E. J., "Journey to the Center of the Galaxy," Astronomy Magazine, August, 1980.

Chaisson, E. J., "What I Teach and Why," syndicated radio program of the Cambridge Forum, June, 1980.

Chaisson, E. J., "Listening to Space," syndicated radio program of the American Chemical Society, July, 1980.

Rodriguez, L. F. and Chaisson, E. J., "Observations of HC5N and HC7N in Sgr B2 and Cloud 2," Monthly Notices Royal Astronomical Society, 192, 651, 1980.

Rodriguez, L. F. and Chaisson, E. J., "On the Radio and Near-lnfrared Hydrogen-Line Emission from M82," Astrophysical Journal, 238, 41,1980.

Chaisson, E. J., "The Space Shuttle is Bad News for NASA," Washington Star, 11 March, 1981.

Chaisson, E. J., "Dogmatic Dangers to Science," Washington Star, 30 June, 1981; Boston Herald-American, 30 July, 1981; Roanoke Times and World-News, 19 July, 1981.

Chaisson, E. J., "Black Holes, the Fate of the Universe, and Other Matters," pp 3-56, in After Einstein (an Einstein Centennial volume), P. Barker & C. Shugart (eds.), Memphis State Univ. Press, 1981.

Carral, P., Rodriguez, L. F., and Chaisson, E. J., "The Electron Temperatures of W31C and S206 and the Chemical Variations of Our Galaxy," Astronomy and Astrophysics, 95, 388, 1981.

Chaisson, E. J., "The Three Eras of Cosmic Evolution," in Life in the Universe, J. Billingham (ed.), pp 1-16, MIT Press, 1981.

Chaisson. E.J., Review of 2081: A Hopeful View of the Human Future by Gerard K. O'Neill, 234 pp, Simon & Schuster, 1981; appeared in American Scientist, 69, 666,1981.

Chaisson, E. J., "The Broadest View of the Biggest Picture: An Essay on Radiation, Matter, Life," Harvard Magazine, pp 21-25, Jan-Feb, 1982.

Chaisson, E. J., Review of Emerging Cosmology by Bernard Lovell, 208 pp, Columbia Univ. Press, 1981; appeared in Zygon, 17, 317, 1982.

Chaisson, E. J., "Our Invisible Universe," Close-Up Magazine, pp 30-37, Polaroid Corp., November, 1982.

Chaisson, E. J., Review of The Cosmic Serpent by V.Clube & B.Napier, Universe Books, 1982; appeared in Zygon, 19, 512, 1984.

Chaisson, E. J., "Invisible Astronomy," The Science Teacher, National Science Teachers Assoc., pp 18-23, February, 1984. (1985 Washington Press Association Award)

Chaisson, E. J., Review of The Enigma of Time, T. Landsberg (ed.), Hilger Press, 1982; appeared in American Journal of Physics, 53, 601,1985.

Chaisson, E. J., Review of Atoms of Silence by H. Reeves, MIT Press, 1985 translation; appeared in Physics Today, July, 1985.

Chaisson, E. J., "The Role of Life in the Universe," Horizons, pp 13-17, Winter, 1985.

Chaisson, E. J., "ET, Phone Earth," Diversion Magazine, pp 145-50, August, 1985.

Chaisson, E. J., Review of Perfect Symmetry by H. Pagels, Simon & Schuster, 1985; appeared in The Boston Globe, 23 June, 1985.

Chaisson, E. J., Review of The Cambridge Atlas of Astronomy, J. Audouze & G. Israel (eds.), Cambridge Univ. Press, 1985; appeared in The New York Times, 9 March, 1986.

Chaisson, E.J., "The Three Eras of Cosmic Evolution," World Futures: The Journal of General Evolution, 23, 11, 1987; also published in Creation and the End of Days: Judaism and Scientific Cosmology, D. Novak and N. Samuelson (eds.), University Press of America, New York, pp 55-78, 1986; also published in Abitare la Terra, M. Ceruti and E. Laszlo, (eds.) Feltrinelli Press, Milan, pp. 230-248, 1988.

Chaisson. E. J., "Stars and Star Clusters," in Encyclopaedia Britannica Macropaedia, pp 185-216, 1987; revised 1993.

Chaisson, E. J., "Our Galaxy," in Universe, B. Preiss (ed.), Bantam Books, New York, pp 34-47, 1987.

Field, G. B. and Chaisson, E. J., "Beyond Astronomy," Woodrow Wilson Quarterly, p 74, Summer 1987.

Chaisson, E.J., "Our Cosmic Heritage," Zygon, 23, pp 469-479, 1988.

Chaisson, E.J., "The Cosmological Imperative," Astronomy, p 8, February, l989.

Chaisson, E.J., "The Space Telescope Science Institute," Aerospace America, November, 1989.

Chaisson, E.J., "The Hubble Space Telescope," McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology, 1991, pp 372-374. McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York.

Henry, R.C., Pisacane, V.L., Peterson, G., and Chaisson, E.J., "The Johns Hopkins Space Grant College Consortium," read at the 175th AAS Meeting, Washington, D.C., Jan, 1990; Bulletin Amer. Astr. Soc., 21, 1065, 1990.

Chaisson, E.J., "Cosmic Evolution," invited address at the annual meeting, American Association for Advancement of Science; New Orleans, February, 1990; p. 139, published in AAAS 89-43S.

Chaisson, E.J. and Villard, R., "The Hubble Space Telescope Mission," Sky & Telescope, pp 378-383, April, l990.

Chaisson, E.J. and Villard, R., "The Science Mission with the Hubble Space Telescope," a review article in Vistas in Astronomy, 33, pp. 105-144, 1990.

Chaisson, E.J., "Our Cosmic Heritage," in The Church and Contemporary Cosmology, J.B.Miller and K.E.McCall (eds.), pp. 19-28, Carnegie Mellon University Press, Pittsburgh, l990.

Chaisson, E.J., "Evolutionary Systems and Society," World Futures: Journal of General Evolution, 30, 197-198, 1991.

Chaisson, E.J., "The Big Picture Map: Our Modern Paradigm of Cosmic Evolution," in New Paradigms for the 21st Century, E. Laszlo and I.Masulli, eds., pp , Fratrenelli Press, Rome, 1991.

Chaisson, E.J., "Commissioning the Hubble Space Telescope," McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology, 1992, pp , McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York City.

Chaisson, Eric, "Early Science Results with the Hubble Space Telescope," Scientific American, pp 44-51, June 1992.

Chaisson, E.J., Review of Wanderers in Space, by K. Lang & C. Whitney, Cambridge University Press, 1991; appeared in American Journal of Physics, 60 pp. 763-764, 1992.

Chaisson, E.J., "Cosmic Evolution: A Universal Synthesis," an invited talk at the annual meeting, Amer. Assoc. for Advancement of Science, Boston, p. 170, Feb.1993.

Chaisson, E.J., "NASA's Needed Vision," Astronomy, pp. 16-19, January, 1995.

Chaisson, E.J., "Clementine, Keyhole and Cosmic Rats," Scientific American, pg.127, December, 1994.

Chaisson, E.J., "Six Ways Back to NASA Greatness," Smithsonian Air & Space, pp. 74-76, February/March, 1995.

Chaisson, E.J., Review of About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Business, by P. Davies, Simon & Schuster, 1995; appeared in Philadelphia Inquirer, 12 May, 1995.

Chaisson, E.J., "The Emerging Life Era", in Creating a New History for Future Generations, T.-C. Kim, ed., pp 69-95, Institute for Integrated Study of Future Generations, Kyoto, Japan, 1994.

Chaisson, E.J., "The Rise of Information in an Evolutionary Universe," invited paper at Foundations of Information Science meeting, Vienna, Austria; published in The Quest for a Unified Theory of Information, W. Hofkirchner (ed.), p 231, Gordon&Breach, Amsterdam, 1999; also published in World Futures: Journal of General Evolution, 50, pp 447-455, 1997.

Chaisson, E.J., "Cosmological Complexity on Grandest Scales," invited paper at Emergence, Complexity, Hierarchy, and Organization meeting, Amiens, France; published in Evolution, Complexite, Hierarchie, and Organisation: Modeles de la boucle evolutive, A.C. Ehresmann, G/L/ Farre, and J-P Vanbremeesch (eds.), pp 20, Paris, 1996.

Chaisson, E.J., "NASA's New Science Vision," Science, 275, 735, 1997.

Chaisson, E.J., Double review of The Life of the Cosmos, by L. Smolin, Oxford Univ. Press, 1997, and of The Whole Shebang, by T. Ferris, Simon & Schuster, 1997; appeared in Philadelphia Inquirer, 25 May 1997.

Chaisson, E.J., "Cosmic Age Controversy is Overstated," Science, 276, 1089, 1997.

Chaisson, E.J., "The Cosmic Environment for the Growth of Complexity," BioSystems, 46, pp 13-19, 1998.

Chaisson, E.J., "Ethical Evolution," Zygon, 34, 265, 1999.

Chaisson, E.J., "The Emerging Life Era: A Cosmological Imperative," in Bioastronomy '99--A New Era in Bioastronomy, Lemarchand, G. and Meech, K. (eds.), ASP Series v213, pp 35-41, 2000; Proceedings of a conference held on the Kohala Coast, Hawaii, Aug, 1999.

Berry, D. and Chaisson, E., "The Arrow of Time: The Movie", in Bioastronomy '99--A New Era in Bioastronomy, Lemarchand, G. and Meech, K. (eds.), ASP Series v213, pg 35, 2000; Proceedings of a conference held on the Kohala Coast, Hawaii, Aug, 1999; also given at Gordon Conference, Oxford University, Sept, 1998.

Chaisson, E.J., "Toward a Scienceless Society," in The 13th Labor: Improving Science Education, E.J.Chaisson and T-C Kim (eds.) pg 1, Gordon&Breach, New York, Amsterdam, 1999.

Chaisson, E.J., "A Cosmological Imperative: Emergence of Information, Complexity, and Life," in Understanding Complexity, J.Wilby and G. Ragsdell (eds.), Kluwer/Plenum, London, pg 15, 2001.

Chaisson, E.J., Review of The Rocket and the Reich: Peenemunde and the Coming of the Balistic Missile Era, by M.J. Neufeld, Harvard University Press, 1996; appeared in ISIS: Journal of History of Science Society, v92 , pg 640 , 2001.

Chaisson, E.J., "Interdisciplinary Science Education," invited talk at the Gordon Conference, Los Angeles, Jan, 2001; Mt. Holyoke College, Aug, 2001.

Chaisson, E., "The Rhythm of the Cosmos: Finding Unity among the Natural Sciences," Tufts Magazine, pp16-22, Spring, 2001.

Chaisson, E.J., "The Rise of Complexity in Nature," in Bioastronomy '02: Life Among the Stars, Norris, R. and Stootman, F.H. (eds.), ASP Series , p 531, 2004; Conference Proceedings, Hamilton Island, Great Barrier Reef, July, 2002.

Chaisson, E.J., "A Unifying Concept for Astrobiology," International Journal of Astrobiology, Vol. 2, pp 91-101, 2003; presented at Windsor Castle, UK, Sep, 2002.

Chaisson, E., Berry, D., Palfreman, J., "Two New Educational Movies regarding 'Origins'," Gordon Conference, Oxford University, 2003.

Chaisson, E.J., "Energy as a Complexity Metric," Nature, v , pp , 2003 (in press).

Chaisson, E.J., "Complexity: An Energetics Agenda," Complexity, Journal of Santa Fe Inst., Vol.9 ,
pp 14-21, 2004.

Chaisson, E.J., "Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics in an Energy-rich Universe," In Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics and the Production of Entropy, Kleidon, A. and Lorenz, R. (eds.), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2005.

Chaisson, E.J., "Follow the Energy: Relevance of Cosmic Evolution for Human History, " Historically Speaking: Journal of Historical Society, v 6, no 5, p 26, 2005.

Chaisson, E.J., "Evolution, Energy, Ethics, " Kognition og Paedagogik, v 53, p 48, Copenhagen, 2004 .

Chaisson, E.J., Review of Giant Telescopes: Astronomical Ambition and the Promise of Technology, by P. McCray, Harvard Univ. Press, 2004; appeared in American Scientist, v 93, p 82, 2005.

Chaisson, E.J., Introduction to Smithsonian Intimate Guide to the Cosmos, by D. Berry, Smithsonian/Madison Press, Washington, 2004.

Chaisson, E.J., Review of Nature: An Economic History, by G.J.Vermeij, Princeton Univ. Press, 2004; appeared in Quarterly Review of Biology, v 80, p 235 , 2005.

Chaisson, E.J., “Trekking Across the Science Boundaries,” The Science Teacher, v 72, p 26, 2005.

Chaisson, E.J., "Cosmic Evolution: Synthesizing Evolution, Energy and Ethics", Filosofskie Nauki' (Philosophy, Science and Humanities), Moscow, v 5, pp 92-104, 2005.

Chaisson, E.J., "The Great Unifier," New Scientist, v189, p 36, 2006.

Chaisson, E.J., “A Physicist Speculates on a Biosphere Reserve,” in Humanity and the Biosphere, FFF/MAB UNESCO Proceedings, Paris, 2006.

Chaisson, E.J., “Global Waste Energy,” Nature, v , p , 2007.

Chaisson, E.J., “Energy, Ethics, and the Far Future,” in Worldwide Emerging Environmental Issues Affecting the U.S. Military, J. Glenn (ed.), American Council for United Nations University, 2007; also in Energy Challenges for the Next Millennium, FFF Proceedings, Seattle, 2008.

Chaisson, E.J., “Cosmic Evolution—State of the Science,” in Cosmos and Culture, S. Dick (ed.), NASA Press, Washington, 2008.

Chaisson, E.J., “Exobiology and Complexity,” a review article for Encyclopedia of Complexity and System Science, R. Meyers (ed.), Springer, Berlin, 2008.

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