History of the IAU [E-Book] : The Birth and First Half-Century of the International Astronomical Union / by Adriaan Blaauw.
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 prepara...
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Personal Name(s): | Blaauw, Adriaan, author |
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Dordrecht :
Springer,
1994
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Physical Description: |
XIX, 296 p. online resource. |
Note: |
englisch |
ISBN: |
9789401109789 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-94-011-0978-9 |
Subject (LOC): |
- 1 Birth and Consolidation; 1919–1922
- 2 Earlier 20th Century Developments; World War I
- 3 The IRC and the “Neutral” States; Suspicion and Resentment
- 4 1922–1928: First General Assemblies; IAU Becomes Fully International
- 5 The Years 1928–1938
- 6 The IAU and Political Persecutions in the 1930’s
- 7 1938–1948; World War II: Interruption and Recovery
- 8 1948–1958; Flourishing Science and Disturbing Politics
- 9 The China Conflict
- 10 1958–1964; Reforms, Berkeley 1961, and Hamburg 1964
- 11 1964–1969; Reforms Continued, the Astronomer’s Handbook, Prague 1967, and the 50th Anniversary
- 12 Financing in the Union; A Review Over 75 Years
- References
- The IAU Historical Archives
- Name Index.