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This is the third volume under the title ""Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy"" (OSA). These OSA books are intended to cover a large range of fields and themes. In practice, all aspects of astronomy-related life and environment are considered in the spirit of sharing specific expertise and lessons learned. This text offers a collection of chapters dealing with socio-dynamical aspects of the astronomy (and related space sciences) community: characteristics of organizations, strategies for development, operational techniques, observing practicalities, educational policies, public outreach, journal and magazine profiles, publication studies, sociology of large collaborations, research communication, evaluation procedures, quality assurance, research indicators, national specificities, contemporary history and so on. The experts contributing to this book have done their best to write in a way understandable to readers not necessarily hyperspecialized in astronomy, while providing specific detailed information and sometimes enlightening ""lessons learned"" sections. The book concludes with an updated bibliography of publications related to socio-astronomy and to the interactions of the astronomy community with the society at large.

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Author:   Andre Heck
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   2002 ed.
Volume:   280
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.593kg
ISBN:  

9781402008122

ISBN 10:   1402008120
Pages:   238
Publication Date:   31 December 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Editorial.- Close Encounters of the Third Kind with the Hubble Space Telescope.- Public Relations for a National Observatory.- Popularizing Astronomy: Four Decades as a Galley Slave.- The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Astrophysics at Garching-Munich.- Quality Assurance in UK Higher Education.- NSF Evaluation Processes in the Astronomical Sciences.- Scientific Impact of Large Telescopes.- The Rôle of Ground Stations in Space Observatories.- Some Thoughts about the Virtual Observatory Concept.- Organizational Issues in Large Scientific Projects.- The History of the Joint Organization for Solar Observations (JOSO) 1969–2000.- Optical Astronomy and South Africa. Part I. To 1994.- Astronomy and Astrophysics in the Czech Republic.- Astronomy and Astrophysics in the Slovak Republic.- Historians and Astronomers: Same Pursuits?.- The View from the Observatory: History is Too Important to be Left to the Historians.- Updated Bibliography of Socio-Astronomy.

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