The year 1973 marked the highest peak of IAU activity up to now.
Besides the Gen eral Assembly in Sydney, and the Extraordinary
General Assembly in Poland, there were held eleven IAU Symposia and
one Colloquium. Several IAU Publications cover this activity. The
Proceedings of the Symposia are published in separate Volumes,
while the Transactions of the General Assembly and of the
Extraordinary General Assembly contain short reports of the
Commission meetings, the administrative sessions, and the opening
ceremonies. The present Volume covers some of the scientific
Highlights of the General As sembly and of the Extraordinary
General Assembly. It contains five Invited Dis courses given in
Sydney and Poland, some selected papers, and the Joint Discussions
at the General Assembly of Sydney. Of course, there were many more
papers of special interest presented in Sydney that could not be
included in this Volume. Their titles can be seen in the reports of
the various Commissions. It is regrettable that the Invited
Discourses of C. H. Townes (Interstellar Molecules) and F. J. Low
(Infrared Astronomy) were not submitted for publication. Also only
five papers or abstracts of the Joint Discussion on the 'Origins of
the Moon and Satellites' have been available. Despite these minor
shortcomings, I believe that the present Volume is faithful to its
title: it gives a substantial part of the Highlights of Astronomy
in 1973.
General
| Imprint: |
Springer
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| Country of origin: |
Netherlands |
| Series: |
International Astronomical Union Highlights, 3 |
| Release date: |
October 2011 |
| First published: |
1974 |
| Editors: |
G. Contopoulos
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| Dimensions: |
240 x 160 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
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| Pages: |
574 |
| Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1974 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-9401022132 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Science & Mathematics >
Astronomy, space & time >
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| LSN: |
9401022135 |
| Barcode: |
9789401022132 |
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