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Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy
Andre . Ed(S): Heck
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Description for Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy
Hardback. Offers a collection of chapters dealing with socio-dynamical aspects of the astronomy community. This book includes a bibliography of publications related to socio-astronomy and to the interactions of the astronomy community with society at large. It is intended for researchers, teachers, editors, publishers, librarians, and science sociologists. Editor(s): Heck, Andre. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
Research and publications in the field of Astronomy have undergone dramatic changes in the last half-century. While activities just slowed down during World War II in the US and in Latin America, they were very strongly affected by the difficult conditions prevailing among the European belligerent nations. Half a century ago, re search activities were mostly confined to observatories (linked or not to universities) and usually separated from the teaching of physical sciences. Hence, directors of observatories played an important role in the choice of the research fields, and "schools" of research appeared at various places, de veloping specific instrumentation, ... Read more
Research and publications in the field of Astronomy have undergone dramatic changes in the last half-century. While activities just slowed down during World War II in the US and in Latin America, they were very strongly affected by the difficult conditions prevailing among the European belligerent nations. Half a century ago, re search activities were mostly confined to observatories (linked or not to universities) and usually separated from the teaching of physical sciences. Hence, directors of observatories played an important role in the choice of the research fields, and "schools" of research appeared at various places, de veloping specific instrumentation, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
Series
Astrophysics and Space Science Library
Number of Pages
221
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792366713
SKU
V9780792366713
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