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978-1-4020-5301-6

Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy

Publication year: 2006

ISBN: 978-1-4020-5301-6

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This book is the seventh volume under the title Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy (OSA). The chapters of this book are dealing with socio-dynamical aspects of the astronomy (and related space sciences) community: characteristics of organizations, strategies for development, operational techniques, observing practicalities, journal and magazine profiles, public outreach, publication studies, relationships with the media, research communication, series of conferences, evaluation and selection procedures, research indicators, national specificities, contemporary history, and so on.


Subject: Physics and Astronomy, Observatories, Universe, astronomy, astrophysics, strategies in astronomy, socio-dynamical aspects of the astr