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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: International Astronomical Union
    sub title: Uniting the Community for 100 Years
  name:
    name part: Andersen, Johannes.
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      role term: creator
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  name:
    name part: Baneke, David.
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      role term: author.
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  name:
    name part: Madsen, Claus.
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      role term: author.
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  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2019
    edition: 1st ed. 2019.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XV, 375 p. 166 illus., 116 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: 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.
  table of contents: Chapter 1: The Birth of the IAU (1919-1929) -- Chapter 2: Crises and Opportunities (1940-1959) -- Chapter 3: A Decade of Astronomical Surprises (1960-1969) -- Chapter 4: A Two-Faced Period (1970-1989) -- Chapter 5: Opening up (1990-2000) -- Chapter 6: The IAU in the 21st Century (2001-2019) -- Appendix 1: General Assemblies, Membership Numbers, Officials -- Appendix 2: Commission History -- Appendix 3: List of National Members -- Appendix 4: International Schools for Young Astronomers.
  note: by Johannes Andersen, David Baneke, Claus Madsen.
  subject:
    topic: Astronomy
  subject:
    topic: Astrophysics
  subject:
    topic: Physics
  subject:
    topic: Popular Science in Astronomy
  subject:
    topic: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
  subject:
    topic: History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
  classification: QB1-991
  classification: 520
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      title: Springer eBooks
  identifier: 9783319969657
  identifier: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96965-7
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    record creation date: 190220
    record change date: 20191022052220.0
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