Milan Ćirković
  

 
 
 

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Main research interests

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Theses and dessrtations:


1. Gaseous Galactic Haloes and Ly Absorption Line Systems: Ph. D. dissertation, State University of New York at Stony Brook, June 2000. Advisors: Profs. Peter W. Stephens and Philip M. Solomon.

2. Stacionarne kosmologije i antropički princip. [Stationary Cosmologies and the Anthropic Principle]: Alternative Academic Network (AAOM) thesis, Belgrade, January 2000. Advisor: Prof. Petar Grujić. Published in adapted form in reference 6.26.
3. Nelokalnost vremena u svetlu Frensonovog eksperimenta [Temporal Non-locality in Light of the Franson's Experiment]: B. Sc. thesis, Belgrade University, June 1994. Advisors: Profs. Fedor Herbut and Milan Vujičić.


RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

1) On the Temporal Aspect of the Drake Equation and SETI. Milan M. Ćirković (2004): Astrobiology, vol. 4, pp. 225-231.
2) Is the "Star Trek" Concept of Aliens Really Naive? – A Comment on Duric and Field. Milan M. Ćirković (2004): Serbian Astronomical Journal, vol. 168, pp. 71-74.
3) Forecast for the Next Eon: Applied Cosmology and the Long-Term Fate of Intelligent Beings. Milan M. Ćirković (2004): Foundations of Physics, vol. 34, pp. 239-261.
4) Apparent Speed of Gravity and Backward Causation. Milan M. Ćirković and Miroljub Dugić (2004): Epistemologia, vol. 26, pp. 107-118.
5) Geo-Engineering Gone Awry: A New Partial Solution of Fermi’s Paradox. Milan M. Ćirković and Richard Cathcart (2004): Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, vol. 57, pp. 209-215.
6) A Comment on Tectonics and the Future of Life on Terrestrial Planets. Milan M. Ćirković (2004): Precambrian Research, vol. 130, pp. 289-291.
7) Three's a Crowd: On Causes, Entropy, and Physical Eschatology. Milan M. Ćirković and Vesna Milošević-Zdjelar (2004): Foundations of Science, vol. 9, pp. 1-24.
8) Earths: Rare in Time, Not Space? Milan M. Ćirković (2004): Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, vol. 57, pp. 53-59.
9) Cosmic Irony: SETI Optimism from Catastrophes? Milan M. Ćirković (2004): Contact in Context, vol. 2, issue 1 (http://cic.setileague.org/cic/v2i1/irony.pdf).
10) Ancient Origins of a Modern Anthropic Cosmological Argument. Milan M. Ćirković (2003): Astronomical and Astrophysical Transactions, vol. 22, pp. 879-886.
11) The Thermodynamical Arrow of Time: Reinterpreting the Boltzmann-Schuetz Argument. Milan M. Ćirković (2003): Foundations of Physics, vol. 33, pp. 467-490.
12) On Determination of the Cosmic Ray Flux Using Molecular Hydrogen Absorption Lines. Milan M. Ćirković and Ivana Damjanov (2003): Serbian Astronomical Journal, vol. 167, pp. 17-22.
13) On the Importance of SETI for Transhumanism. Milan M. Ćirković (2003): Journal of Evolution and Technology, vol. 13 (http://www.jetpress.org/volume13/cirkovic.html).
14) Resource Letter PEs-1: Physical eschatology. Milan M. Ćirković (2003): American Journal of Physics, vol. 71, pp. 122-133.
15) The Chemical Composition of the Halo and Evolutionary Problems. Slobodan Ninković and Milan M. Ćirković (2003): Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 284, pp. 783-786.
16) The Doomsday Argument and the Self-Indication Assumption: Reply to Olum. Nick Bostrom and Milan M. Ćirković (2003): Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 53, pp. 83-91.
17) Kinematics in the z = 2.81 Galaxy and the Evidence for Rotation. Milan M. Ćirković (2003): Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 283, pp. 269-273.
18) Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Doomsday: A Critical Assessment of the No-Outsider Requirement. Milan M. Ćirković and Vesna Milošević-Zdjelar (2003): Serbian Astronomical Journal, vol. 166, pp. 1-11.
19) How Many Universes Are Necessary for an Ice Cream to Melt? Milan M. Ćirković (2003): Serbian Astronomical Journal, vol. 166, pp. 55-59.
20) On the First Anthropic Argument in Astrobiology. Milan M. Ćirković (2002): Earth, Moon, and Planets, vol. 91, pp. 243-254.
21) Quantum Information Processing: The Case of Vanishing Interaction Energy. Miroljub Dugić and Milan M. Ćirković (2002): Physics Letters A, vol. 302, pp. 291-298.
22) A new proposition for redating the Mithraic tauroctony scene. Edi Bon, Milan M. Ćirković, and Ivana Milosavljević (2002): Astronomische Nachrichten, vol. 323, pp. 579-580.
23) Quantum Parallelism in Quantum Information Processing. Miroljub Dugić and Milan M. Ćirković (2002): International Journal for Theoretical Physics, vol. 41, pp. 1641-1649.
24) Is the Universe Really That Simple? Milan M. Ćirković (2002): Foundations of Physics, vol. 32, pp. 1141-1157.
25) Entropy and Eschatology: A Comment on Kutrovátz's Paper 'Heat Death in Ancient and Modern Thermodynamics'. Milan M. Ćirković (2002): Open Systems and Information Dynamics, vol. 9, pp. 291-299.
26) Cosmological Forecast and Its Practical Significance. Milan M. Ćirković (2002): Journal of Evolution and Technology (online journal at http://www.jetpress.org), vol. 12 (http://www.jetpress.org/volume12/CosmologicalForecast.htm).
27) Laudatores Temporis Acti, or Why Cosmology is Alive and Well – A Reply to Disney. Milan M. Ćirković (2002): General Relativity and Gravitation, vol. 34, pp. 119-130.
28) Backward Causation, Isolation and the Pursuit of Justice. Milan M. Ćirković and Suzana Cvetićanin (2002): Epistemologia, vol. 25, pp. 145-162.
29) Anthropic Fluctuations vs. Weak Anthropic Principle. Milan M. Ćirković (2002): Foundations of Science, vol. 7, pp. 453-463.
30) On a Possible Physical Metatheory of Consciousness. Miroljub Dugić, Milan M. Ćirković, and Dejan Raković (2002): Open Systems and Information Dynamics, vol. 9, pp. 153-166.
31) Computationalism and Anthropocentrism: That Old Double Standard. Milan M. Ćirković and Ana Vlajković (2002): The Noetic Journal, vol. 3, pp. 162-168.
32) The Anthropic Arrow of Time and Realistic World Models: On Price and Atemporal Universe. Milan M. Ćirković (2001): Serbian Astronomical Journal, vol. 164, pp. 41-52.
33) Cosmological Constant and the Fate of the DDM Theory. Milan M. Ćirković and Srdjan Samurović (2001): Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 373, pp. 377-380.
34) On the Maximal Quantity of Processed Information in the Physical Eschatological Context. Milan M. Ćirković and Marina Radujkov (2001), Serbian Astronomical Journal, vol. 163, pp. 53-56.
35) Arsenijević, Dajson, singularnost [Arsenijević, Dyson, Singularity] Milan M. Ćirković (2000): Theoria, vol. XLIII, 1/2, pp. 87-103 (in Serbian).
36) On the Small-Scale Clustering of Ly Forest Clouds. Milan M. Ćirković and Kenneth M. Lanzetta (2000): Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 315, pp. 473-478.
37) Cosmological Constant and the Final Anthropic Hypothesis. Milan M. Ćirković and Nick Bostrom (2000): Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 274, pp. 675-687.
38) Cooling vs. Absorption Radius in Galaxies. Milan M. Ćirković, Srdjan Samurović and Aleksandra Djorić (2000): Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 274, pp. 867-875.
39) Note on Singularities and the Arrow of Time. Milan M. Ćirković (2000): Serbian Astronomical Journal, vol. 162, pp. 91-95.
40) The Anthropic Argument against Infinite Past and the Eddington-Lemaître Universe. Milan M. Ćirković (2000): Serbian Astronomical Journal, vol. 161, pp. 33-37.
41) Kinematics of a High-Redshift Galaxy: A Case Study. Milan M. Ćirković (2000): Serbian Astronomical Journal, vol. 161, pp. 5-8.
42) Column Density Distribution of Galactic Ly Absorption Systems. Milan M. Ćirković and Srdjan Samurović (2000): Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 271, pp. 91-95.
43) Stacionarne kosmologije i antropički princip [Stationary Cosmologies and the Anthropic Principle] Milan M. Ćirković (1999), Theoria, vol. 1-2/1999, pp. 81-111 (in Serbian).
44) Massive Neutrino Decay and the Shape of the Galactic Dark Halo. Srdjan Samurović and Milan M. Ćirković (1999): Journal of Research in Physics, vol. 28, pp. 171-180.
45) Flattened Galactic Haloes and Baryonic Dark Matter. Srdjan Samurović, Milan M. Ćirković, and Vesna Milošević-Zdjelar (1999): Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 309, pp. 63-79.
46) Towards a Direct Detection of Warm Gas in Galactic Haloes at Cosmological Distances. Milan M. Ćirković, Jonathan Bland-Hawthorn, and Srdjan Samurović (1999): Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 306, pp. L15-L18.
47) Damped Ly System Toward QSO 1854+116 - A New Type Of Absorber? Milan M. Ćirković (1999): Serbian Astronomical Journal, vol. 160, pp. 11-14.
48) Future of Galaxies and the Fate of Intelligent Beings. Milan M. Ćirković (1999): Serbian Astronomical Journal, vol. 159, pp. 79-86.
49) On the Stability of Protogalactic Clouds. I. Field Length in the Adiabatic Models. Milan M. Ćirković (1999): Serbian Astronomical Journal, vol. 159, pp. 39-44.
50) Some Consequences of a Class of Gaseous Galactic Halo Models. Milan M. Ćirković (1998): Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 262, pp. 497-508.
51) Intergalactic Pressure and the Maximal Extent of Gaseous Haloes of Field Galaxies. Milan M. Ćirković and Alexei V. Yurchenko (1998): Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 262, pp. 39-52.
52) On the Comparison of Metal and Ly Absorption in Galactic Gaseous Haloes. Milan M. Ćirković (1998): Serbian Astronomical Journal, vol. 158, pp. 9-13.
53) On the Total Absorption Cross-Section of Galaxies. II. The Case of  Cosmologies and the Covering Factor Variation. Milan M. Ćirković and S. Samurović (1998): Serbian Astronomical Journal, vol. 158, pp. 3-7.
54) Pressure at the ISM-Halo Interface: a Reheating Frequency Dependence. Milan M. Ćirković (1998): Serbian Astronomical Journal, vol. 157, pp. 19-24.
55) On the Possible Observations of Intergalactic or Halo Clouds in Optical Emission. Milan M. Ćirković and Srđan Samurović (1998): Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 257, pp. 95-106.
56) A Note on the Total Absorption Cross-Section of Galaxies and Ly Forest Clouds. M. M. Ćirković, S. Samurović, D. Ilić, and J. Petrović (1997): Bulletin Astronomique de Belgrade, vol. 156, pp. 37-41.

SUMMARIES AND ABSTRACTS

1. Gaseous Galactic Haloes and Ly Absorption Line Systems. Milan M. Ćirković (2000): Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, vol. 112, p. 1507.
2. A New Proposition for Redating of the Mithraic Tauroctony Scene. Edi Bon, Milan M. Ćirković, and Ivana Milosavljević (2001): in “Abstracts of Contributed Talks and Posters presented at the Joint European and National Meeting JENAM 2001 of the European Astronomical Society and the Astronomische Gesellshaft at Munich, September 10-15, 2001”, ed. Reinhard E. Schielicke (Astronomische Gesellshaft Abstract Series No. 18, 2001), p. 261.
3. Gaseous Galactic Haloes and Ly Absorption Line Systems. Milan M. Ćirković (2003): Dissertation abstract in Proceedings of the XIII National Conference of Yugoslav Astronomers October 17-20, 2002, ed. J. Milogradov-Turin and G. M. Popović, Publications of the Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade, vol. 75, pp. 143-144.

BOOK REVIEWS

1) Real Space: The fate of physical presence in the digital age, on and off planet by Paul Levinson. Milan M. Ćirković (2004): Spaceflight, vol. 46, no. 3 (March issue), p. 130.
2) Book Review: Modern Cosmology by Scott Dodelson. Milan M. Ćirković (2004): Foundations of Physics, vol. 34, pp. 541-544.
3) Where is Everybody? Fifty Solutions to the Fermi's Paradox by Stephen Webb –Book Review. Milan M. Ćirković (2004): Origin of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere, vol. 34, in press.
4) Anthropic Bias: Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy by Nick Bostrom – Book Review. Milan M. Ćirković (2003): Foundations of Science, vol. 8, pp. 417-423.
5) Cosmic Rays at Earth: Researcher's Reference Manual and Data Book, by Peter K. F. Grieder. Milan M. Ćirković (2002): Europhysics News, vol. 33/6, p. 219.
6) Book Review: Anthropic Bias: Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy. By Nick Bostrom. Milan M. Ćirković (2002): Foundations of Physics, vol. 32, pp. 1797-1801.
7) Minding the Heavens: The Story of Our Discovery of the Milky Way, by Leila Belkora. Milan M. Ćirković (2004): Europhysics News, submitted for publication.

BOOK CHAPTERS

1. Bor, Everet i Šerlok Holms: zagonetni slučaj nestale kvantne teorije. [Bohr, Everett, and Sherlock Holmes: The Puzzling Case of the Missing Quantum Theory] Milan M. Ćirković (2004): in Epistemološki problemi u nauci [Epistemological Problems in Science], ed. by Petar V. Grujić and Miroslav Ivanović (Institut za kriminološka i sociološka istraživanja, Belgrade), pp. 301-332.

PREPRINTS

1) Is Many Likelier than Few? A Critical Assessment of the Self-Indicating Assumption. Milan M. Ćirković (2004): Epistemologia, accepted for publication.
2) Macroscopic Quantum Effects in Biophysics and Consciousness. Dejan Raković, Miroljub Dugić, and Milan M. Ćirković (2004): Neuroquantology, accepted for publication.
3) Should I Pull the Trigger? Quantum Suicide and an Apparent Violation of the Principal Principle. Milan M. Ćirković (2004): Foundations of Science, submitted for publication.
4) Agencies, Capacities, and Anthropic Self-Selection. Milan M. Ćirković (2004): Philosophical Writings, submitted for publication.
5) Physics vs. Semantics: A Puzzling Case of a Missing Quantum Theory. Milan M. Ćirković (2004): Foundations of Physics, submitted for publication.
6) Too Early – A Comment on Olum. Milan M. Ćirković (2004): Biology and Philosophy, submitted for publication.
7) Anthropic Reasoning and the Contemporary Design Argument: Confusions and Misconceptions. Mark A. Walker and Milan M. Ćirković (2004): International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, submitted for publication.
8) “Permanence” – An Adaptationist Solution to Fermi’s Paradox? Milan M. Ćirković (2004): Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, vol. 57, in press.
9) How to Undermine Carter's “Anthropic” Argument in Astrobiology. Milan M. Ćirković and Ivana Dragićević (2004): in preparation.
10) Probabilistic Cellular Automata in Astrobiology: Justification and Methodology. Saša Malkov and Milan M. Ćirković (2004): ...
11) Probabilistic Cellular Automata in Astrobiology: Fermi’s Paradox. Saša Malkov and Milan M. Ćirković (2004): ...
12) Astrobiological Phase Transition. Milan M. Ćirković (2004): Icarus, in preparation.
13) Temperature Gradient in the Galactic Interstellar Medium as a Possible Solution to Fermi’s Paradox. Robert J. Bradbury and Milan M. Ćirković (2004): ...
14) Popper’s Dilemma and Astrobiology. Milan M. Ćirković (2004): Biology and Philosophy, in preparation.
15) Young extraterrestrials? Milan M. Ćirković (2004): in preparation.
16) The Fermi Equation. Mark A. Walker and Milan M. Ćirković (2004): in preparation.
17) The Unsupported Gradualism as the Major Source of SETI Scepticism. Milan M. Ćirković (2004): Acta Astronautica, in preparation...
18) Nonconventional Star Formation through Brown Dwarfs' Accretion. Milan M. Ćirković (2004): Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, ...
19) Baryonic Incorporation and the Future of Star Formation in Spiral Galaxies. Milan M. Ćirković and Ivana Damjanov (2004): in preparation.
20) On the Epistemological Basis of Physical Eschatology. Milan M. Ćirković (2004): in preparation.
21) N-level Macroengineering. Richard Cathcart and Milan M. Ćirković (2004): in preparation.
22) Morphological and Absorption Properties of Field Galaxies: A Missing Link? Milan M. Ćirković and Srdjan Samurović (2004): Baltic Astronomy, ...
23) The Impact of  on Ly Forest Revisited. Milan M. Ćirković and Nikola Milutinović (2004): in preparation.
24) Determinism, Cosmology, and the Arrow of Time in Mechanics. Milan M. Ćirković (2004), Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, in preparation.
25) The Anthropic Argument against Cosmologies with Infinite Past Revisited. Milan M. Ćirković (2004): in preparation.
26) On the Signal Failure of Reductionism in Cosmology. Milan M. Ćirković (2004): European Journal of Physics, in preparation.
27) On Information Processing in the -Dominated Universes. Milan M. Ćirković (2004): in preparation.
28) Cosmological Information Processing – Controversies and Misconceptions. Milan M. Ćirković and Branislav K. Nikolić (2004): in preparation.
29) Alternative Explanations of the Cosmic Microwave Background – A Historical Perspective. Milan M. Ćirković (2004): in preparation.
30) The Third Way out of the Anthropic Coincidence Quandary. Milan M. Ćirković (2004): in preparation.
31) Ex Pluribus Unum: Multiverse, Feynman's Joke, and the Second Law. Milan M. Ćirković (2004): Foundations of Physics, in preparation.
32) Defending Anthropocentrism. Milan M. Ćirković (2004): in preparation.
33) Astrobiology of Waste: A Reply to Bostrom. Milan M. Ćirković (2004): Utilitas, in preparation.
34) Astronomy, Archaeology, and Ancient Catastrophism. Edi Bon and Milan M. Ćirković (2004): in preparation.
35) Suicide Is Painless: Self-Referential Quantum Measurement Revisited. Milan M. Ćirković (2004): in preparation.
36) Stability of the Protogalactic Clouds: II. Collisions and Gravitational Collapse. Milan M. Ćirković (2004): in preparation.
37) Two Versions of the Design Hypothesis and Physical Eschatology. Milan M. Ćirković and Mašan Bogdanovski (2004): in preparation.
38) AI and SETI: An Epistemological Relationship. Milan M. Ćirković (2004): Informatica, in preparation.
39) Petostruki put do strele vremena [Five-Fold Road Toward the Arrow of Time]. Milan M. Ćirković (2004): in preparation.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND CONTRIBUTIONS:

[1.] Star Formation Timescales in Spiral Galaxies. Ivana Damjanov and Milan M. Ćirković (2004): contributed paper to the Balkan Astronomical Meeting, 14-18 June 2004, Rozhen, Bulgaria...
[2.] Boundaries of the Habitable Zone: Unifying Dynamics, Astrophysics, and Astrobiology. Milan M. Ćirković (2004): poster at the IAU Colloquium 197, Dynamics of Populations of Planetary Systems, Belgrade August 31-September 4 2004.
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[4.] Baryonic dark matter – structure and dynamics. Milan M. Ćirković (2003): invited lecture at the Fifth General Conference of the Balkan Physical Union BPU-5, ed. by S. Jokić, I. Milošević, A. Balaž, and Z. Nikolić (Serbian Physical Society, Belgrade), pp. 135-144.
[5.] Five Roads to the Second Law. Milan M. Ćirković (2003): in Proceedings of the Fifth General Conference of the Balkan Physical Union BPU-5, ed. by S. Jokić, I. Milošević, A. Balaž, and Z. Nikolić (Serbian Physical Society, Belgrade), pp. 1989-1994.
[6.] Future of Galactic Star Formation. Ivana Damjanov and Milan M. Ćirković (2003): in Proceedings of the Fifth General Conference of the Balkan Physical Union BPU-5, ed. by S. Jokić, I. Milošević, A. Balaž, and Z. Nikolić (Serbian Physical Society, Belgrade), pp. 155-162.
[7.] Theories of Everything, Randomness, Predictability. Milan M. Ćirković (2003): in Proceedings of the Fifth General Conference of the Balkan Physical Union BPU-5, ed. by S. Jokić, I. Milošević, A. Balaž, and Z. Nikolić (Serbian Physical Society, Belgrade), pp. 1977-1982.
[8.] Alternative Explanations of the Cosmic Microwave Background – A Historical Perspective. Milan M. Ćirković (2003): poster presented at the Fifth General Conference of the Balkan Physical Union BPU-5, ed. by S. Jokić, I. Milošević, A. Balaž, and Z. Nikolić (Serbian Physical Society, Belgrade), pp 2011-2016.
[9.] Duration of the Stelliferous Era. Milan M. Ćirković (2002): Invited lecture in Proceedings of the XIII National Conference of Yugoslav Astronomers October 17-20, 2002, ed. J. Milogradov-Turin and G. M. Popović, Publications of the Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade, vol. 75, pp. 159-165.
[10.] Anthropic-Acausal Approach to the Solution of the Arrow of Time Puzzle. Milan M. Ćirković (2003): contributed paper in Proceedings of the XIII National Conference of Yugoslav Astronomers October 17-20, 2002, ed. J. Milogradov-Turin and G. M. Popović, Publications of the Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade, vol. 75, pp. 267-273.
[11.] The Third Way Out of the Anthropic Coincidence Quandary. Milan M. Ćirković (2003): contributed paper in Proceedings of the XIII National Conference of Yugoslav Astronomers October 17-20, 2002, ed. J. Milogradov-Turin and G. M. Popović, Publications of the Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade, vol. 75, pp. 263-266.
[12.] Cosmological Constant and the Ly-Alpha Forest Statistics. Nikola Milutinović, Milan M. Ćirković and Katarina Kovač (2002): contributed paper in Proceedings of the XIII National Conference of Yugoslav Astronomers October 17-20, 2002, ed. J. Milogradov-Turin and G. M. Popović, Publications of the Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade, vol. 75, pp. 189-192.
[13.] Are Biological and Astrophysical Timescales Truly Uncorrelated? Ivana Dragićević and Milan M. Ćirković (2002): contributed paper in Proceedings of the XIII National Conference of Yugoslav Astronomers October 17-20, 2002, ed. J. Milogradov-Turin and G. M. Popović, Publications of the Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade, vol. 75, pp. 307-311.
[14.] Debates on the Philosophy of Science Issues in Serbia in the Beginning of the XX Century. Radomir Đorđević and Milan M. Ćirković (2002): contributed paper in Proceedings of the XIII National Conference of Yugoslav Astronomers October 17-20, 2002, ed. J. Milogradov-Turin and G. M. Popović, Publications of the Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade, vol. 75, pp. 293-296.
[15.] Predictability vs. Randomness in Cosmology. Milan M. Ćirković (2002): contributed paper in Proceedings of the XIII National Conference of Yugoslav Astronomers October 17-20, 2002, ed. J. Milogradov-Turin and G. M. Popović, Publications of the Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade, vol. 75, pp. 185-188.
[16.] QSO Absorbing Clouds and Baryonic Dark Matter. Milan M. Ćirković, Vesna Milošević-Zdjelar and Srdjan Samurović (2002): contributed paper to 21st Symposium on the Physics of Ionized Gases (SPIG 2002), edited by M. K. Radović and M. S. Jovanović (Dept. of Physics, University of Niš, Niš, Yugoslavia), pp. 589-592.
[17.] Ruđer Bošković i počeci “Teorija svega” [Roger Boscovich and origins of the “Theories of Everything], Milan M. Ćirković and Edi Bon (2002): contributed paper to the 2nd conference on Development of Astronomy among Serbs, April 5-7, Belgrade, Serbia, Publ. Astron. Obs. Belgrade, vol. 72, pp. 177-187.
[18.] Borba za kosmografiju u Srbiji poslednjih decenija XIX veka [The battle for cosmography in Serbia during the last decades of the XIX century], Veselka Trajkovska, Milan M. Ćirković and Slobodan Ninković (2002): contributed paper to the 2nd conference on Development of Astronomy among Serbs, April 5-7, Belgrade, Serbia, Publ. Astron. Obs. Belgrade, vol. 72, pp. 165-175.
[19.] Many Times Interpretation of the Quantum Measurement Process. Miroljub Dugić and Milan M. Ćirković (2001): contributed paper to the 10th UK Conference on the Foundations of Physics, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, 10-14 September 2001.
[20.] Origins of Philosophy of Science in Serbia: The Entropy Dispute. Radomir Djordjević, Veselka Trajkovska, Slobodan Ninković, and Milan M. Ćirković (2001): contributed paper to the XXI International Congress of History of Science, Mexico City, Mexico, 8 - 14 July 2001.
[21.] Makroskopski kvantni efekti u biofizici. [Macroscopic Quantum Effects in Biophysics] Dejan Raković, Miroljub Dugić, and Milan M. Ćirković (2001): contributed paper to the Satellite Symposium on the Quantum Epoch: 100 Years from the Discovery of Quantum, Academy of Sciences of Republic of Srpska, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 4, 2001.
[22.] On a Physical Metatheory of Consciousness. Miroljub Dugić, Dejan Raković, and Milan M. Ćirković (2000): contributed paper to “New Science of Consciousness”, 3rd International Conference on Cognitive Science, Ljubljana, Slovenia, October 17-19, 2000, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Cognitive Science, Ljubljana, Slovenia, October 17-19, 2000, ed. by Igor Kononenko, Information Society, Ljubljana, 2000, pp. 29-33.
[23.] QSO Absorption Lines, Gaseous Infall, and Star Formation in Spiral Disks. Milan M. Ćirković, Srdjan Samurović, and Vesna Milošević-Zdjelar (2000): contributed paper to the international meeting on “Galaxy Disks and Disk Galaxies”, Rome, Italy, June 12-16, 2000. in Galaxy Disks and Disk Galaxies, proceeding of a conference held in Rome, Italy, June 12-16, 2000 at the Pontifical Gregorian University and sponsored by the Vatican Observatory. ASP Conference Series, Vol. 230. ed. by J. G. Funes, S. J. and E. M. Corsini (ASP, San Francisco, 2001), pp. 627-628.
[24.] Is There an Arrow of Time after All? Milan M. Ćirković (2000): contributed paper to the 2nd Serbian-Bulgarian Astronomical Meeting, Zaječar, Yugoslavia, June 23-26, 2000. Published in Publications of the Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade, eds. M. S. Dimitrijević, L. Č. Popović and M. Tsvetkov, vol. 67, pp. 13-18.
[25.] Quantum Entanglements in "Hybrid" Systems: Nonideal Quantum Measurement Can Increase Fidelity. Miroljub Dugić and Milan M. Ćirković (2000): contributed paper to the International Conference on Quantum Optics 2000, Raubichi, Belarus, May 28-31, 2000.
[26.] On Archeoastronomical Clues for Emergence of Mithraism. Edi Bon, Vesna Mijatović and Milan M. Ćirković (1999): contributed paper to the XII National Conference of Yugoslav Astronomers, Publ. Astron. Obs. Belgrade, vol. 65, p. 159.
[27.] QSO Environment and Associated Damped Ly Galaxies. Nataša Stanić, Milan M. Ćirković, and Srdjan Samurović (1999): contributed paper to the XII National Conference of Yugoslav Astronomers, Publ. Astron. Obs. Belgrade, vol. 65, pp. 105-110.
[28.] Correlations of Quasars and QSO Absorption Systems. Luka Č. Popović, Milan M. Ćirković, and Saša Simić (1999): contributed paper to the XII National Conference of Yugoslav Astronomers, Publ. Astron. Obs. Belgrade, vol. 65, pp. 97-100.
[29.] Belgrade-MACHO Project: First Two Years' Results. Vesna Milošević-Zdjelar, Srđan Samurović, and Milan M. Ćirković (1999): contributed paper to the XII National Conference of Yugoslav Astronomers, Publ. Astron. Obs. Belgrade, vol. 65, pp. 85-91.
[30.] Low Redshift Ly Forest and the Column Density Distribution Function. Milan M. Ćirković (1999): contributed paper to the XII National Conference of Yugoslav Astronomers, Publ. Astron. Obs. Belgrade, vol. 65, pp. 45-50.
[31.] Microlensing, flattening, ΩB and h: from assumptions, via data to tentative conclusions. Vesna Milošević-Zdjelar, Srdjan Samurović, and Milan M. Ćirković (1999): contributed paper to the conference on “Gravitational Lensing: Recent Progress and Future Goals”, eds. T. G. Brainerd and C. S. Kochanek (ASP Conference Series, San Francisco, vol. 237), pp. 265-266.
[32.] Microlensing Results and Removing the Baryonic Degeneracy. Milan M. Ćirković, Srdjan Samurović, and Vesna Milošević-Zdjelar (1999): contributed paper to the conference on “Gravitational Lensing: Recent Progress and Future Goals”, eds. T. G. Brainerd and C. S. Kochanek (ASP Conference Series, San Francisco, vol. 237), pp. 253-254.
[33.] Influence of the Star Formation Thresholds on the Duration of the Stelliferous Era. Milan M. Ćirković (1999): contributed paper to the XII National Conference of Yugoslav Astronomers, Publ. Astron. Obs. Belgrade, vol. 65, pp. 37-40.
[34.] Rotation of a High-Redshift Galaxy and Molecular Hydrogen. Milan M. Ćirković (1999): contributed paper to the XII National Conference of Yugoslav Astronomers, Publ. Astron. Obs. Belgrade, vol. 65, pp. 41-44.
[35.] On the Ionizing Sources in Spiral Galaxies: II. The Center of the Milky Way. V. Milošević-Zdjelar, S. Samurović, and M. M. Ćirković (1998): contributed paper to the 2nd Yugoslav-Belarussian Symposium on Physics & Diagnostics of Laboratory & Astrophysical Plasmas, Publ. Astron. Obs. Belgrade, vol. 61, pp. 118-122.
[36.] On the Ionizing Sources in Spiral Galaxies: I. From Central Regions to Thick Disk and Disk-Halo Connection. S. Samurović, M. M. Ćirković, V. Milošević-Zdjelar, and J. Petrović (1998): contributed paper to the 19th SPIG, pp. 635-638.
[37.] Detection of Recombining Galactic Haloes out to z ~ 1. M. M. Ćirković, S. Samurović, and J. Bland-Hawthorn (1998): contributed paper to the 19th SPIG, pp. 631-634.
[38.] Ly Forest and the Total Absorption Cross-Section of Galaxies – an Example of the NTT SUSI Deep Field. S. Samurović and M. M. Ćirković (1999): contributed paper to the International Workshop on Observational Cosmology: The Development of Galaxy Systems, Sesto Pusteria, Italy; ASP Conference Series, Vol. 176 (1999), G. Guiricin, M. Mezzetti and P. Salucci, (eds.), pp. 487-492.
[39.] A Note on the Milky Way as a Barred Galaxy. S. Samurović, V. Milošević-Zdjelar, M. M. Ćirković, and V. Čelebonović (1998): contributed paper to the 4th Yugoslav-Romanian Astronomical Meeting, Publ. Astron. Obs. Belgrade, vol. 60, pp. 74-82.
[40.] The Intergalactic Pressure and Sizes of the Gaseous Halos of Field Galaxies. M. M. Ćirković (1998): contributed paper to the 4th Yugoslav-Romanian Astronomical Meeting, Publ. Astron. Obs. Belgrade, vol. 60, pp. 5-15.
[41.] Distorsion of the CMBR Spectrum: A Tentative Explanation. V. Čelebonović, S. Samurović, and M. M. Ćirković (1997): contributed paper to the Second Yugoslav Conference on Spectral Line Shapes, Publ. Astron. Obs. Belgrade, vol. 57, pp. 105-108.
[42.] Molecular Hydrogen at High Redshift: Rule or Exception? M. M. Ćirković (1996): contributed paper to the XI National Conference of Yugoslav Astronomers, Publ. Astron. Obs. Belgrade, vol. 54, pp. 25-29.


PAPERS IN POPULAR SCIENCE

1) Supernova iz 1006. godine – milenijum zagonetke. [Supernova of 1006 AD – a Millenium-Long Puzzle] Milan M. Ćirković (1995): Vasiona, XLIII, 1, pp. 8-10.
2) Apsorpcioni sistemi u spektrima kvazara – prozor u prošlost. [QSO Absorption Line Systems – a Window to the Past] Milan M. Ćirković (1996): Vasiona, XLIV, 5, pp. 108-111.
3) In memoriam – Robert H. Dike. [In Memoriam – Robert H. Dicke] Milan M. Ćirković (1997): Vasiona, XLV, 1-2, pp. 31-32.
4) Uspon i pad teorije Večnog stanja. [The Rise and Fall of the Steady-State Theory] Milan M. Ćirković (1997): Vasiona, XLV, 3, pp. 53-60.
5) Kosmički deuterijum. [Cosmic Deuterium] Milan M. Ćirković (1997): Vasiona, XLV, 4, pp. 76-81.
6) Zagonetka hemijske evolucije kvazara. [A Puzzle of QSO Chemical Evolution] Milan M. Ćirković (1998): Vasiona, XLVI, 3, pp. 69-74.
7) In memoriam – Lajman Spicer. [In Memoriam – Lyman Spitzer] Milan M. Ćirković (1998): Vasiona, XLVI, 3, pp. 79-80.
8) Potrošnja gasa u spiralnim galaksijama. [Gas Consumption in Spiral Galaxies] Milan M. Ćirković (1999): Vasiona, XLVII, 1, pp. 6-10.
9) In memoriam – Dejvid Šram. [In Memoriam – David N. Schramm] Milan M. Ćirković (1999): Vasiona, XLVII, 1, p. 15.
10) Uspon i pad teorije Večnog stanja II: konformno invarijantna kosmologija. [The Rise and Fall of the Steady-State Theory II: The Conformally Invariant Cosmology] Milan M. Ćirković (1999): Vasiona, XLVII, 4, pp. 101-109.
11) O čudima i centrima spiralnih galaksija. [On Miracles and Centers of Spiral Galaxies] Milan M. Ćirković (2000): Galaksija, 293, pp. 38-39.
12) Kosmološka konstanta – ključ sudbine univerzuma. [Cosmological Constant – Key for the Fate of the Universe] Milan M. Ćirković (2000): Galaksija, 299, p. 64.
13) In Memoriam – Denis Šama [In Memoriam – Dennis Sciama] Milan M. Ćirković (2000): Vasiona, XLVIII, 5, pp. 116-117.
14) Međuzvezdana materija od A do B. I deo: faze međuzvezdane materije i molekularni gas. [The Interstellar Matter from A to B. Part I: Phases of the Interstellar Medium and Molecular Gas] Milan M. Ćirković, Vesna Milošević-Zdjelar, and Dejan Ilić (2001): Vasiona, XLIX, 1-2, pp. 19-28.
15) Uvod u antropičke principe. [An Introduction to the Anthropic Principles] Milan M. Ćirković (2001): Vasiona, XLIX, 3, pp. 48-53.
16) Bariogeneza: stvaranje našeg sveta. [Baryogenesis: the making of our world] Milan M. Ćirković (2001): Astronomski magazin, Novi Sad (electronic journal at http://www.astronomija.co.yu; article published at http://209.204.204.238/am/teorije/bariogeneza/index.htm).
17) Odlazak večnog buntovnika – Ser Fred Hojl (1915-2001). [The Departure of Eternal Rebel – Sir Fred Hoyle (1915-2001)] Milan M. Ćirković (2001): Vasiona, XLIX, 5, pp. 130-135.
18) Crni monolit i potraga za vanzemaljskim civilizacijama. [Black Monolith and the Search for Extraterrestrial Civilizations] Milan M. Ćirković (2002): Astronomski magazin, Novi Sad (electronic journal at http://www.astronomija.co.yu; article published at http://www.astronomija.co.yu/teorije/aliens/monoliti/monoliti.htm).
19) Frimen Dajson – biografija radoznalog čoveka. [Freeman Dyson – A Biography of a Curious Mind] Milan M. Ćirković (2002): Astronomski magazin, Novi Sad (electronic journal at http://www.astronomija.co.yu; article published at (http://www.astronomija.co.yu/istorija/biografije/dajson/dajson.htm).
20) Savremena kosmologija i religija. [Modern Cosmology and Religion] Milan M. Ćirković (2002): Sv. Knez Lazar, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 103-115.
21) Prikaz knjige: Stiven Hoking – Kosmos u orahovoj ljusci. [Book Review: Stephen Hawking – The Universe in a Nutshell] Milan M. Ćirković (2002): Mladi fizičar, vol. 89, pp. 23-25.
22) “Orion”: oživljavanje zaboravljenog projekta? [“Orion”: Revival of a Forgotten Project?] Milan M. Ćirković (2003): Astronomski magazin, Novi Sad (electronic journal at http://www.astronomija.co.yu; article published at http://www.astronomija.co.yu/nautika/orion/orion.htm).
23) O “Space shuttle”-u, geniju i ratu politike sa naukom. [On Space Shuttle, Genius, and Conflict of Science and Politics] Milan M. Ćirković (2003): Astronomski magazin, Novi Sad (electronic journal at http://www.astronomija.co.yu; article published at http://www.astronomija.co.yu/nautika/challenger/challenger.htm.
24) Kralj Henri Drugi, Černobilj, Le Pen i naučni metod. [King Henry II, Chernobyl, Le Penn and the Scientific Method] Milan M. Ćirković (2003): Treći program, vol. 117, pp. 56-60.
25) Senka izumiranja. [The Shadow of Extinction] Milan M. Ćirković (2003): Vreme weekly magazine, vol. 660 (28. VIII 2003), pp. 56-57.
26) Frimen Dajson – skica za biografiju radoznalog čoveka. [Freeman Dyson – a biographical sketch] Milan M. Ćirković (2003): Mladi fizičar, vol. 94, issue “S”, pp. 20-23.
27) Rašljarenje po Sunčevom sistemu. [Dowsing in the Solar System] Milan M. Ćirković (2003): Astronomija, vol. 1 (September 2003), pp. 30-31.
28) Hipernove: rešenje zagonetke gama-bleskova. [Hypernovae: Solution of the Gamma-Ray Burst Puzzle] Milan M. Ćirković (2003): Astronomija, vol. 2 (October 2003), pp. 34-36.
29) Prikaz knjige: Karl Segan – Plava tačka u beskraju. [Book Review: Carl Sagan – Pale Blue Dot] Nikola Božić and Milan M. Ćirković (2003): Astronomija, vol. 3 (November 2003), pp. 46-47.
30) Slika sa naslone strane: Très Riches Heures. [Cover Illustration: Très Riches Heures] Milan M. Ćirković (2003): Astronomija, vol. 4 (December 2003/January 2004), p. 3.
31) Prikaz knjige: Zbornik radova XIII nacionalne konferencije jugoslovenskih astronoma. [Book Review: Proceedings of the XIII National Conference of Yugoslav Astronomers] Milan M. Ćirković (2004): Astronomija, vol. 5 (February 2004), p. 18.
32) Zemlja kao snežna grudva. [The Snowball Earth] Milan M. Ćirković (2004): Astronomija, vol. 5 (February 2004), pp. 36-40.
33) Vodič za svemir Patrika Mura. [Patrick Moore's Guide to the Universe] Milan M. Ćirković (2004): Astronomija, vol. 6 (April 2004), p. 49.
34) Šesto izumiranje. [The Sixth Extinction] Milan M. Ćirković (2004): Treći program, submitted.
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