Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy 6
Paperback Engels 2014 9789400788510Samenvatting
When I wasa child, growing up in South America,I often went camping in the wild and hence had direct access to the wondrous Southern sky; the Southern Cross was all mine at the time. Little did I know then that the study of the sky would take such a huge importance in my life, and that in the end astronomy and astrophysics would in many ways become my country and my religion. I have lived in several di?erent countries, and when asked my nationality, I am always very tempted to reply: astronomer. I started as a theorist, and my only dream in my youth was to spend nights thinking and calculating, with paper and pencil, and to have the impression by dawn that I had understood something new. So at the time astronomy was seen or dreamt by me as a solitary endeavour, with periodic encounters with my wise adviser and professors; it is this model that I adopted when doing my PhD work. My generation has lived through many revolutions of all kinds. Those in astronomy, I believe, remain particularly remarkable, and I am a true product of them. Now, I elect to live and work in large organizations, and to share my endeavours with many people. And I relish the series of Andr´ e Heck on Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy, which help us recover our memories, reconstitute our own story, and read with glee about our neighbouring or far-away colleagues.
Specificaties
Lezersrecensies
Inhoudsopgave
(C. Cesarsky/ESO) • Editorial • The Evolving Sociology of Ground-Based Optical and Infrared Astronomy at the Start of the 21st Century
(J.R. Roy & M. Mountain/Gemini Obs.) • Building Astronomy Research Capacity in Africa
(P. Martinez/SAAO) • Astronomy in New Zealand
(J.B. Hearnshaw/Univ. Canterbury) • The Current State of Austrian Astronomy
(S. Schindler/Univ. Innsbruck) • Challenges and Opportunities in Operating a High-Altitude Site
(R. Stencel/Denver Univ.) • An Insider’s Perspective on Observing Time Selection Committees
(J.L. Linsky/JILA) • Evaluation and Selection of Solar Observing Programs
(H. Uitenbroek/NSO) • Evaluation and Selection of Radio Astronomy Programs: The Case of the lOOm Radio Telescope at Effelsberg
(R. Schwartz, A. Kraus & J.A. Zensus/MPIfR) • The Development of HST Science Metrics
(J.P. Madrid, F.D. Macchetto, Cl. Leitherer/STScI & G. Meylan/EPFL) • The Science News Metrics
(C.A. Christian/STScI & G. Davidson/Northrop Grumman) • A Citation-Based Measure of Scientific Impact Within Astronomy
(F.R. Pearce/Nottingham Univ. & D.A. Forbes/SwinbUrne Univ.) • A Comparison of Citation Counts in the Science Citation Index and the NASA Astrophysics Data System
(H.A. Abt/KPNO) • Letters to the Editor of the AAS Newsletter: A Personal Story
(J.L. Linsky/JILA) • Space Law
(J. Hermida/Daihousie Univ.) • Search Strategies for Exoplanets
(R. Rebolo/IAC) • IAU Initiatives Relating to the Near Earth-Object Impact Hazard
(H. Rickman/Uppsala Obs.) • AFOEV: Serving Variable-Star Observers since 1921 — An Interview withEmile Schweitzer/AFOEV
• The International Planetarium Society:
A Community of Planetarians Facing the Challenges of the 21st Century
(C.C. Petersen/Loch Ness Prod.) • The Hands-On Universe Project
(R. Ferlet/IAP & C.R. Pennypacker/UCB) • Outreach from the Jodrell Bank Observatory
(I. Morison & T. O’Brien/JBO) • Astronomy Multimedia Public Outreach in France and Beyond
(A. Cirou/Ciel & Espace) • Astronomers and the Media: What Reporters Expect
(T. Siegfried & A. Witze/Dallas Morning News & Nature) • Updated Bibliography of Socio-Astronomy
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- advisering
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- coaching en trainen
- communicatie en media
- economie
- financieel management
- inkoop en logistiek
- internet en social media
- it-management / ict
- juridisch
- leiderschap
- marketing
- mens en maatschappij
- non-profit
- ondernemen
- organisatiekunde
- personal finance
- personeelsmanagement
- persoonlijke effectiviteit
- projectmanagement
- psychologie
- reclame en verkoop
- strategisch management
- verandermanagement
- werk en loopbaan