Proceedings of the Twenty-fifth General Assembly, Sydney, Australia, 2003 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Proceedings of the Twenty-fifth General Assembly, Sydney, Australia, 2003 write by International Astronomical Union. General Assembly. This book was released on 2007. Proceedings of the Twenty-fifth General Assembly, Sydney, Australia, 2003 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The International Astronomical Union
The International Astronomical Union - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The International Astronomical Union write by Johannes Andersen. This book was released on 2019-02-20. The International Astronomical Union available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) was founded in 1919, in the wake of the First World War, together with its sister Unions in related natural sciences. It will thus turn 100 years in 2019. Written by a mixed team of insiders and outsiders, this book presents the IAU in the changing context of the historical, scientific and technological development of astronomy during the past 100 years. While much important scientific progress took place already before 1945, the book naturally focuses on the accelerating evolution during the second half of the century. In the past few decades, the previously narrow IAU focus on organising professional astronomy has broadened to include societally relevant activities such as addressing the hazard of asteroid impacts, the planetary status of Pluto in the Solar System, and the hugely successful International Year of Astronomy. Most recently, it is spearheading a combination of science literacy and public outreach. The book will be of interest to professional astronomers as well as an astronomically interested general audience. The book features live personal interviews with as many of the key actors as still possible.
Astronomy in Focus XXX
Astronomy in Focus XXX - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Astronomy in Focus XXX write by Maria Teresa Lago. This book was released on 2020-04-16. Astronomy in Focus XXX available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Astronomy in Focus presents the most relevant contributions from the Focus Meetings included during the XXX IAU General Assembly held in Vienna, Austria, from 20-31 August 2018. Focus meetings are proposed by groups of scientists with aims to promote cross-disciplinary interactions while maintaining a well-defined focus on a particular topic. They usually address a new scientific area or an emerging field that is not well, or in some cases not at all, represented under the IAU's existing Commission structure. The XXX IAU General Assembly included six scientific symposia, a special symposium focused on the IAU's centenary and fifteen Focus Meetings. The latter comprised twelve scientific Focus Meetings plus two on the mission and activities of the IAU Offices of Astronomy Outreach and Astronomy for Development and the final one promoted by the Working Group on Global Coordination of Ground and Space Astrophysics.
Transactions of the International Astronomical Union
Transactions of the International Astronomical Union - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Transactions of the International Astronomical Union write by International Astronomical Union. General Assembly. This book was released on 1962. Transactions of the International Astronomical Union available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
History of the IAU
History of the IAU - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook History of the IAU write by Adriaan Blaauw. This book was released on 2012-12-06. History of the IAU available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This History has its origin in a suggestion, made in September 1990 by former IAU General Secretary Derek McNally, who felt "that a 75 year history of the Union was needed before the col lective memory of those who knew the Union before the Second World War vanished. It would then be a preparatory volume to a centennial history in 2019. " Indeed, of those who knew the Union that long ago, few are still with us. Six years ago, at Baltimore on August 2, 1988, listening and reminiscing at the Inaugural Ceremonies of the Union's 20th General Assembly, I realized that it was almost exactly half a century ago that, at the age of 24, I attended the Inaugurations at my "first" Assembly: on August 3, 1938 in Stockholm. Now, in 1994, this is almost 56 years ago, three quarters of the Union's age. Only vague recollections - no better than that -lead me back to this event, just before World War II. And so, this is not a history based on recollection, far from it. Recollection was helpful in that it allowed me, better perhaps than a younger author, to appreciate circumstances under which the letters and reports which form the basis for this History were written. The account is largely based on archival documents, collected from a wide variety of sources.
