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The Milky Way Galaxy - Proceedings of the 106th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union Held in Groningen, The Netherlands 30 May - 3 June, 1983 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985)
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The Milky Way Galaxy - Proceedings of the 106th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union Held in Groningen, The Netherlands 30 May - 3 June, 1983 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985)
Series: International Astronomical Union Symposia, 106
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In June 1983 the Astronomical Institute of the State University of
Groningen, founded by Kapteyn about 100 years ago, celebrated its
one-hundredth anniversary. At the suggestion of its Chairman, R.J.
Allen, the Kapteyn Institute invited the International Astronomical
Union to mark the centenary by holding a Symposium on "The Milky
Way Galaxy". The purpose of the Symposium was to review recent
progress in the study of our Galaxy, to define current problems,
and to explore prospects for future development. The Symposium
programme would emphasize the large-scale characteristics of our
Galaxy, and highlight both the historical development of our
understanding of the Milky Way Galaxy and the importance of studies
of external galaxies to this understanding. The Symposium was
sponsored by four IAU Commissions: 33 (Structure and Dynamics of
the Galactic System), 28 (Galaxies), 34 (Interstellar Matter) and
41 (History of Astronomy). The Scientific Organizing Committee,
listed on page xviii, represented a broad range of nationalities
and of expertise, including two historians of science. A meeting of
the Committee, held during the IAU General Assembly at Patras,
provided an excellent opportunity to discuss plan and format of the
Symposium, topics and speakers; thereafter, the-Committee was
regularly consulted by letter and telephone. IAU Symposium 106 was
held at Groningen on 30 May - 3 June 1983, in the new building
occupied by the Kapteyn Institute since January 1983. There were
about 200 participants, coming from as many as 25 countries.
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