diff --git a/src/pulsaranimationwidget.cpp b/src/pulsaranimationwidget.cpp
index 81afa46d4c07daba31243c174ca03b81c193cbbf..bbefb8681b4bde69d98b2db48f41dfe8b3210e8a 100644
--- a/src/pulsaranimationwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/pulsaranimationwidget.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ PulsarAnimationWidget::PulsarAnimationWidget(QWidget *parent) :
 
 	resetParameters();
 
+	m_showRotationAxes = false;
 	m_cameraInteraction = false;
 	m_mouseLastX = 0;
 	m_mouseLastY = 0;
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ void PulsarAnimationWidget::paintGL()
 			glRotatef(m_pulsarRotationAngle, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
 
 			// draw spin axis
-			if(m_cameraInteraction) {
+			if(m_showRotationAxes) {
 				glPushMatrix();
 					glMaterialfv(GL_FRONT, GL_AMBIENT_AND_DIFFUSE, translucent);
 					glRotatef(90.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
@@ -231,7 +232,7 @@ void PulsarAnimationWidget::paintGL()
 			glRotatef(-m_pulsarMagneticAxisInclination, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
 
 			// draw magnetic axis (for both cones)
-			if(m_cameraInteraction) {
+			if(m_showRotationAxes) {
 				glPushMatrix();
 					glMaterialfv(GL_FRONT, GL_AMBIENT_AND_DIFFUSE, translucent);
 					glTranslatef(0.0f, 0.0f, -5.0f);
@@ -308,6 +309,13 @@ void PulsarAnimationWidget::updateFrame()
 	updateGL();
 }
 
+void PulsarAnimationWidget::showRotationAxes(bool enabled)
+{
+	m_showRotationAxes = enabled;
+
+	updateGL();
+}
+
 void PulsarAnimationWidget::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *event)
 {
 	Q_UNUSED(event);
diff --git a/src/pulsaranimationwidget.h b/src/pulsaranimationwidget.h
index 4660ff31b4de0f867751546e1898314883f41d9c..da6a31416ba6365f912aea4a978609fd881abe60 100644
--- a/src/pulsaranimationwidget.h
+++ b/src/pulsaranimationwidget.h
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ public:
 	void setPulsarSpinAxisInclination(const int degrees);
 	void setPulsarMagneticAxisInclination(const int degrees);
 
-
 public slots:
 	void runAnimation();
 	void pauseAnimation();
@@ -52,6 +51,8 @@ public slots:
 
 	void updateFrame();
 
+	void showRotationAxes(bool enabled);
+
 protected:
     void initializeGL();
     void resizeGL(int w, int h);
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ protected:
 	int m_pulsarSpinAxisInclination;
 	int m_pulsarMagneticAxisInclination;
 
+	bool m_showRotationAxes;
 	bool m_cameraInteraction;
 	int m_mouseLastX;
 	int m_mouseLastY;
diff --git a/src/pulsatingscience.cpp b/src/pulsatingscience.cpp
index 87a78ded3b2ba47c75d66284b73ecf23e3bb2c3a..82889e12e121a5c4a4da6b6cc85c3402f1cb39ee 100644
--- a/src/pulsatingscience.cpp
+++ b/src/pulsatingscience.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ PulsatingScience::PulsatingScience(QWidget *parent) : QMainWindow(parent)
 	connect(ui.actionStop, SIGNAL(activated()),
 				ui.pulsarGlWidget, SLOT(stopAnimation()));
 
+	connect(ui.actionRotationAxes, SIGNAL(toggled(bool)),
+				ui.pulsarGlWidget, SLOT(showRotationAxes(bool)));
+
 	on_sliderPulsarSpinFrequency_valueChanged(ui.sliderPulsarSpinFrequency->value());
 	on_sliderPulsarSpinAxisInclination_valueChanged(ui.sliderPulsarSpinAxisInclination->value());
 	on_sliderPulsarMagneticAxisInclination_valueChanged(ui.sliderPulsarMagneticAxisInclination->value());
@@ -50,6 +53,34 @@ PulsatingScience::~PulsatingScience()
 
 }
 
+void PulsatingScience::on_pushRun_clicked()
+{
+	if(ui.pushRun->isEnabled()) {
+		ui.pushRun->setEnabled(false);
+		ui.pushPause->setEnabled(true);
+		ui.pushStop->setEnabled(true);
+	}
+	else {
+		ui.pushRun->setEnabled(true);
+		ui.pushPause->setEnabled(false);
+		ui.pushStop->setEnabled(false);
+	}
+}
+
+void PulsatingScience::on_pushPause_clicked()
+{
+	ui.pushRun->setEnabled(true);
+	ui.pushPause->setEnabled(false);
+	ui.pushStop->setEnabled(true);
+}
+
+void PulsatingScience::on_pushStop_clicked()
+{
+	ui.pushRun->setEnabled(true);
+	ui.pushPause->setEnabled(false);
+	ui.pushStop->setEnabled(false);
+}
+
 void PulsatingScience::on_sliderPulsarSpinFrequency_valueChanged(int value)
 {
 	ui.pulsarGlWidget->setPulsarRotationDelta(value / 10.0);
@@ -89,3 +120,13 @@ void PulsatingScience::on_actionStatus_bar_toggled(bool checked)
 {
 	checked ? ui.statusbar->show() : ui.statusbar->hide();
 }
+
+void PulsatingScience::on_actionAbout_activated()
+{
+	QMessageBox::about(this, "About",
+			"<b>Pulsating Science</b><br>"
+			"International Year of Astronomy 2009<br><br>"
+			"Authors: Oliver Bock, Benjamin Knispel<br><br>"
+			"Copyright &copy; 2009 "
+			"<a href=\"http://www.aei.mpg.de\">Max-Planck-Institut f&uuml;r Gravitationsphysik</a>");
+}
diff --git a/src/pulsatingscience.h b/src/pulsatingscience.h
index 05547e7003de0d847613b66f3a2a54eb66b444b2..9a0cc6f6db552b91f7dd7212e9516b83f7858364 100644
--- a/src/pulsatingscience.h
+++ b/src/pulsatingscience.h
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #define PULSATINGSCIENCE_H
 
 #include <QtGui/QMainWindow>
+#include <QtGui/QMessageBox>
+
 #include "ui_pulsatingscience.h"
 
 class PulsatingScience : public QMainWindow
@@ -33,6 +35,10 @@ public:
     ~PulsatingScience();
 
 public slots:
+	void on_pushRun_clicked();
+	void on_pushPause_clicked();
+	void on_pushStop_clicked();
+
 	void on_sliderPulsarSpinFrequency_valueChanged(int value);
 	void on_sliderPulsarSpinAxisInclination_valueChanged(int value);
 	void on_sliderPulsarMagneticAxisInclination_valueChanged(int value);
@@ -41,6 +47,7 @@ public slots:
 
 	void on_actionMenu_bar_toggled(bool checked);
 	void on_actionStatus_bar_toggled(bool checked);
+	void on_actionAbout_activated();
 
 private:
     Ui::PulsatingScienceClass ui;
diff --git a/src/pulsatingscience.ui b/src/pulsatingscience.ui
index 6022115d6651a60d67ad6cd015a9900ee2925575..af87c4a71d2184359437f244a3efe87cc72903b3 100644
--- a/src/pulsatingscience.ui
+++ b/src/pulsatingscience.ui
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
-    <width>550</width>
+    <width>629</width>
     <height>600</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle" >
-   <string>PulsatingScience</string>
+   <string>Pulsating Science</string>
   </property>
   <property name="windowIcon" >
    <iconset resource="pulsatingscience.qrc" >
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@
        </item>
        <item row="3" column="1" >
         <widget class="QSlider" name="sliderOrbitRadius" >
+         <property name="statusTip" >
+          <string>Use this slider to adjust the orbit radius of the binary system</string>
+         </property>
          <property name="minimum" >
           <number>1</number>
          </property>
@@ -159,6 +162,9 @@
        </item>
        <item row="4" column="1" >
         <widget class="QSlider" name="sliderOrbitFrequency" >
+         <property name="statusTip" >
+          <string>Use this slider to adjust the orbit frequency of the binary system</string>
+         </property>
          <property name="minimum" >
           <number>0</number>
          </property>
@@ -182,19 +188,22 @@
        <item row="1" column="0" >
         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_5" >
          <property name="text" >
-          <string>Spin Axis Incl.</string>
+          <string>Spin Axis Inclination:</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
        <item row="2" column="0" >
         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_4" >
          <property name="text" >
-          <string>Mag. Axis Incl.</string>
+          <string>Magn. Axis Inclination:</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
        <item row="1" column="1" >
         <widget class="QSlider" name="sliderPulsarSpinAxisInclination" >
+         <property name="statusTip" >
+          <string>Use this slider to adjust the inclination of the spin axis with respect to the orbit axis</string>
+         </property>
          <property name="maximum" >
           <number>180</number>
          </property>
@@ -224,6 +233,9 @@
        </item>
        <item row="2" column="1" >
         <widget class="QSlider" name="sliderPulsarMagneticAxisInclination" >
+         <property name="statusTip" >
+          <string>Use this slider to adjust the inclination of the magnetic pole axis with respect to the spin axis</string>
+         </property>
          <property name="maximum" >
           <number>180</number>
          </property>
@@ -251,12 +263,43 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
+       <item row="1" column="3" >
+        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_6" >
+         <property name="text" >
+          <string>deg</string>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+       <item row="2" column="3" >
+        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_7" >
+         <property name="text" >
+          <string>deg</string>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+       <item row="0" column="3" >
+        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_8" >
+         <property name="text" >
+          <string>Hz</string>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+       <item row="4" column="3" >
+        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_9" >
+         <property name="text" >
+          <string>Hz</string>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
       </layout>
      </item>
      <item row="0" column="0" >
       <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout" >
        <item>
         <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushRun" >
+         <property name="statusTip" >
+          <string>Run the animation</string>
+         </property>
          <property name="text" >
           <string>Run</string>
          </property>
@@ -268,6 +311,12 @@
        </item>
        <item>
         <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushPause" >
+         <property name="enabled" >
+          <bool>false</bool>
+         </property>
+         <property name="statusTip" >
+          <string>Pause the animation</string>
+         </property>
          <property name="text" >
           <string>Pause</string>
          </property>
@@ -279,6 +328,12 @@
        </item>
        <item>
         <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushStop" >
+         <property name="enabled" >
+          <bool>false</bool>
+         </property>
+         <property name="statusTip" >
+          <string>Stop the animation</string>
+         </property>
          <property name="text" >
           <string>Stop</string>
          </property>
@@ -288,6 +343,33 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
+       <item>
+        <spacer name="verticalSpacer" >
+         <property name="orientation" >
+          <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+         </property>
+         <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0" >
+          <size>
+           <width>20</width>
+           <height>40</height>
+          </size>
+         </property>
+        </spacer>
+       </item>
+       <item>
+        <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushAbout" >
+         <property name="statusTip" >
+          <string>About Pulsating Science</string>
+         </property>
+         <property name="text" >
+          <string>About</string>
+         </property>
+         <property name="icon" >
+          <iconset resource="pulsatingscience.qrc" >
+           <normaloff>:/icons/resources/help-about.png</normaloff>:/icons/resources/help-about.png</iconset>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
       </layout>
      </item>
     </layout>
@@ -298,7 +380,7 @@
     <rect>
      <x>0</x>
      <y>0</y>
-     <width>550</width>
+     <width>629</width>
      <height>31</height>
     </rect>
    </property>
@@ -307,6 +389,8 @@
      <string>&amp;View</string>
     </property>
     <addaction name="actionMenu_bar" />
+    <addaction name="actionRotationAxes" />
+    <addaction name="separator" />
     <addaction name="actionStatus_bar" />
    </widget>
    <widget class="QMenu" name="menuHelp" >
@@ -474,6 +558,17 @@
     <string>Alt+S</string>
    </property>
   </action>
+  <action name="actionRotationAxes" >
+   <property name="checkable" >
+    <bool>true</bool>
+   </property>
+   <property name="text" >
+    <string>Rotation Axes</string>
+   </property>
+   <property name="shortcut" >
+    <string>Alt+R</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
  </widget>
  <customwidgets>
   <customwidget>
@@ -551,5 +646,21 @@
     </hint>
    </hints>
   </connection>
+  <connection>
+   <sender>pushAbout</sender>
+   <signal>clicked()</signal>
+   <receiver>actionAbout</receiver>
+   <slot>trigger()</slot>
+   <hints>
+    <hint type="sourcelabel" >
+     <x>47</x>
+     <y>551</y>
+    </hint>
+    <hint type="destinationlabel" >
+     <x>-1</x>
+     <y>-1</y>
+    </hint>
+   </hints>
+  </connection>
  </connections>
 </ui>