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" Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy "
edited by André Heck.
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BL
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774573
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b594568
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edited by André Heck.
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Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy\ edited by André Heck.
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Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2000
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Astrophysics and space science library, 256.
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(x, 221 pages)
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9401009260
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: 9401037930
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: 9789401009263
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: 9789401037938
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Introduction (Editor) --; Astronomy-Related Organizations: Geographical Distributions, Ages and Sizes --; " The Astronomische Gesellschaft: Pieces from its History --; " What Can We Learn from Publications Studies? --; " Observation of Scientific Publications in Astronomy/Astrophysics --; " NASA Program Solicitations, Proposal Evaluations, and Selection of Science Investigations --; " Planning and Implementation of ESA's Space Science Programme --; " Communicating in Astronomy --; " The Problem of English as a Foreign Language in Professional Astronomy --; " Astronomy and the General Public: A Historical Perspective --; " The Refereeing System in Astronomy --; " The Conferences on "The Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena": Excursions into "Cross-Overs" between Science, the Arts and Literature --; " Bibliography of Socio-Astronomy.
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This book offers a unique collection - the first of its kind - of chapters dealing with socio-dynamical aspects of the astronomy (and related space sciences) community: characteristics of organizations, publication studies, research indicators, space science planning, research communication, public outreach, and so on. The experts contributing to this book have done their best to write in a way understandable by readers not necessarily hyper-specialized in astronomy, while still providing specific detailed information. The book concludes with an extensive bibliography of publications related to socio-astronomy and to the interactions of the astronomy community with society at large. This book will be most usefully read by researchers, teachers, editors, publishers, librarians, science sociologists, research planners and strategists, project managers, and public relations officers, plus those in charge of astronomy-related organizations, as well as by students aiming at a career in astronomy or related space science.
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Physics.
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Social sciences.
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André Heck
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