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1. Birth and childhood of X-ray astronomy; 2. X-ray emission andinteraction with matter; 3. Tools and techniques; 4. Solar System X-rays; 5.X-ray absorption and scattering in the interstellar medium; 6. Active stellarcoronae; 7. Early-type stars; 8. Supernova explosions and their remnants; 9.Neutron stars, pulsars, pulsar wind nebulae, more supernova remnants; 10.Cataclysmic variable stars; 11. X-ray binaries; 12. Black-hole X-raybinaries; 13. Normal and starburst galaxies; 14. Active galactic nuclei; 15.Clusters of galaxies; 16. The diffuse X-ray background; 17. Gamma-ray bursts;Index.