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Author: Claus Madsen
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH
Imprint: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH
Dimensions:
Width: 20.90cm
, Height: 4.10cm
, Length: 24.10cm
Weight: 1.506kg
ISBN: 9783527412037
ISBN 10: 3527412034
Pages: 600
Publication Date: 18 October 2012
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Anniversary publications can be overly dry or self-puffing, but this one isn't -- it's a weighty yet wonderfully written account of the effort to restore the prowess of European astronomy after World War II. ( BBC Sky at Night Magazine , 1 February 2013) Rightly, the book is dedicated to the memory of Adriaan Blaauw, ESO's second Director General who initial articles led the author to put together this excellent chronicle. ( Astronomy Now , 1 February 2013)
Indeed, anyone who has had any involvement with, or interest in, the incredible astronomical phoenix that sprang out the ashes of WW II, should get a copy. (The Observatory Magazine, 1 June 2013) Anniversary publications can be overly dry or self-puffing, but this one isn t it s a weighty yet wonderfully written account of the effort to restore the prowess of European astronomy after World War II. (BBC Sky at Night Magazine, 1 February 2013) Rightly, the book is dedicated to the memory of Adriaan Blaauw, ESO s second Director General who initial articles led the author to put together this excellent chronicle. (Astronomy Now, 1 February 2013)
?Indeed, anyone who has had any involvement with, or interest in, the incredible astronomical phoenix that sprang out the ashes of WW II, should get a copy.? (The Observatory Magazine, 1 June 2013) ?Anniversary publications can be overly dry or self-puffing, but this one isn?t ? it?s a weighty yet wonderfully written account of the effort to restore the prowess of European astronomy after World War II.? (BBC Sky at Night Magazine, 1 February 2013) ?Rightly, the book is dedicated to the memory of Adriaan Blaauw, ESO?s second Director General who initial articles led the author to put together this excellent chronicle.? (Astronomy Now, 1 February 2013)
Rightly, the book is dedicated to the memory of Adriaan Blaauw, ESO's second Director General who initial articles led the author to put together this excellent chronicle. ( Astronomy Now , 1 February 2013)
Author Information
Claus Madsen is Senior Advisor for International Science Policy. He has devoted his professional life to two strands of activities: International science policy and public science communication. In 1980, he joined ESO. After a few years at the ESO Sky Laboratory, he became more and more involved in organising exhibitions, producing films and giving public lectures on astronomy.
