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Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy

Volume 4

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Authors:
  1. André Heck

    1. Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory, France

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Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 296)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Editorial

    • AndrÉ Heck
    Pages 1-12

  3. The Esa Experience

    • R. M. Bonnet
    Pages 13-25

  4. The Astronomer’s Pocket Guide to Astrobiology

    • G. D. Mcdonald, M. C. Storrie-Lombardi
    Pages 27-36

  5. Light Pollution Control: World-Wide Effects of and Efforts to Reduce Light Pollution

    • H. E. Schwarz
    Pages 37-57

  6. Strategies for Protecting Radio Astronomy

    • R. J. Cohen
    Pages 59-74

  7. A Brief History of the Controversy Surrounding the Mount Graham International Observatory

    • L. Sage
    Pages 75-91

  8. Outreach at the Kitt Peak Visitor Center: Techniques for Engaging the Public at a Major Observatory

    • D. Isbell, R. Fedele
    Pages 93-104

  9. Practical Popular Communication of Astronomy

    • L. L. Christensen
    Pages 105-142

  10. The Société Astronomique De France in the Astronomical Landscape: Evolution and Prospects

    • R. Ferlet
    Pages 143-155

  11. Use and Misuse of Web Downloads: A Personal View

    • C. M. Boily
    Pages 157-170

  12. The GAVRT Partnership: Bringing the Universe to K-12 Classrooms

    • J. P. Roller, M. J. Klein
    Pages 171-187

  13. Activities in Astronomy Education of the International Astronomical Union

    • S. Isobe
    Pages 189-196

  14. The Institute for Scientific Information and the Science Citation Index

    • H. A. Abt
    Pages 197-204

  15. The Observatory Magazine: Linking Three Centuries

    • D. J. Stickland
    Pages 205-220

  16. Organizing and Managing American Astronomical Society Meetings — from Preparation and Plans to Science Presentations

    • D. T. Alexander
    Pages 221-238

  17. Organization and Goals of the European Astronomical Society

    • H. Butcher
    Pages 239-243

  18. The Selection of Tenured Astronomers in France

    • G. A. Mamon
    Pages 245-264

  19. The Changing Landscape Of Italian Astronomy

    • V. Castellani
    Pages 265-283

  20. A Canadian Vision of International Astronomy and Astrophysics

    • A. J. Carty
    Pages 285-303
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About this book

I am most grateful to Andr´ e Heck for his invitation to write a foreword to OSA Volume 4 – I will use this valued opportunity to emphasise those topics in Vol. 4 which I consider important even if other topics may be of even greater importance in the universal scale of things. At the outset let me say that I commend Vol. 4 to its readers – it contains much of very great interest for organisations and strategies in astronomy. A topic which I consider to be of very great importance at this time is Adverse Environmental Impact on Astronomy. There are two papers on this topic in OSA 4 – Cohen on Strategies for Protecting Radio Ast- nomy and Schwarz on Light Pollution Control. The growth in the extent of use, the power and spectral demand for radio transmission continues to increase virtually exponentially. The impact on the ‘listening’ services such as radio astronomy has been severe. Only by creativity in developing new techniques for radio noise (including legal transmissions) reduction and by participating fully in the allocation process for radio frequencies has radio astronomy developed to the powerful investigative tool it is today.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory, France

    André Heck

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy

  • Book Subtitle: Volume 4

  • Authors: André Heck

  • Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0049-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-1526-7Published: 31 October 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-3989-5Published: 24 September 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-0049-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0067-0057

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 330

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Sociology, general, Social Sciences, general

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