The American Astronomical Society's First Century
Author : David H. DeVorkin
Publisher : American Institute of Physics
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 22,15 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Science
ISBN :
Author : David H. DeVorkin
Publisher : American Institute of Physics
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 22,15 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Science
ISBN :
Author : Johannes Andersen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 25,80 MB
Release : 2019-02-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 331996965X
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.
Author : John Louis Emil Dreyer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 45,85 MB
Release : 2014-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 110806860X
Published in 1923, this work surveys the world's oldest astronomical society, with chapters contributed by leading contemporary astronomers.
Author : Frank K. Edmondson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 31,2 MB
Release : 1997-03-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521553452
A new source of funding for astronomy stemmed from the creation of the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 1950. Astronomers were quick to take advantage of the opportunity to found new observatories. The science and politics of the establishment ,funding, construction and operation of the Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) and the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) by the Association of Universities for research in Astronomy, (AURA), are here, seen from the unique perspective of Frank K. Edmondson, a former member of the AURA board of directors.
Author : Georgina M. Montgomery
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 726 pages
File Size : 33,15 MB
Release : 2019-09-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 1119130700
A Companion to the History of American Science offers a collection of essays that give an authoritative overview of the most recent scholarship on the history of American science. Covers topics including astronomy, agriculture, chemistry, eugenics, Big Science, military technology, and more Features contributions by the most accomplished scholars in the field of science history Covers pivotal events in U.S. history that shaped the development of science and science policy such as WWII, the Cold War, and the Women’s Rights movement
Author : American Astronomical Society
Publisher :
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 36,65 MB
Release : 1915
Category : Astronomy
ISBN :
List of members in v. 1, 3.
Author : Andre Heck
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,78 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9401009260
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, reduction techniques and mathematical methods to achieve their scientific goals. Reorganising the research activities after the war was no minor under taking, specially because communications were interrupted for over five years and isolated continental Europe from overseas activities. Scarcity of observing instruments (some of them being requisitioned by occupy ing armies) , enormous gaps in the available litterature led to local research activities, conducted independently of similar efforts undertaken elsewhere.
Author : Marc Rothenberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 637 pages
File Size : 29,98 MB
Release : 2012-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1135583188
This Encyclopedia examines all aspects of the history of science in the United States, with a special emphasis placed on the historiography of science in America. It can be used by students, general readers, scientists, or anyone interested in the facts relating to the development of science in the United States. Special emphasis is placed in the history of medicine and technology and on the relationship between science and technology and science and medicine.
Author : Abraham Loeb
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 25,35 MB
Release : 2010-07-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 1400834066
A concise introduction to cosmology and how light first emerged in the universe Though astrophysicists have developed a theoretical framework for understanding how the first stars and galaxies formed, only now are we able to begin testing those theories with actual observations of the very distant, early universe. We are entering a new and exciting era of discovery that will advance the frontiers of knowledge, and this book couldn't be more timely. It covers all the basic concepts in cosmology, drawing on insights from an astronomer who has pioneered much of this research over the past two decades. Abraham Loeb starts from first principles, tracing the theoretical foundations of cosmology and carefully explaining the physics behind them. Topics include the gravitational growth of perturbations in an expanding universe, the abundance and properties of dark matter halos and galaxies, reionization, the observational methods used to detect the earliest galaxies and probe the diffuse gas between them—and much more. Cosmology seeks to solve the fundamental mystery of our cosmic origins. This book offers a succinct and accessible primer at a time when breathtaking technological advances promise a wealth of new observational data on the first stars and galaxies. Provides a concise introduction to cosmology Covers all the basic concepts Gives an overview of the gravitational growth of perturbations in an expanding universe Explains the process of reionization Describes the observational methods used to detect the earliest galaxies
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 15,87 MB
Release : 1926
Category : Astronomy
ISBN :
"A review of astronomy" (varies).