Research Catalog
The American Astronomical Society's first century
- Title
- The American Astronomical Society's first century / editor, David H. DeVorkin.
- Publication
- Washington, DC : Published for the American Astronomical Society through the American Institute of Physics, ©1999.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- DeVorkin, David H., 1944-
- Description
- xii, 350 pages : illustrations; 29 cm
- Alternative Title
- First century
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- AAS Meetings Before There Was an AAS: The Pre-History of the Society / Donald E. Osterbrock -- The Pickering Years / David H. DeVorkin -- The First West Coast Meeting of the AAS / Donald E. Osterbrock -- Amateurs and the Society during the Formative Years / Marc Rothenberg and Thomas R. Williams -- The American Astronomical Society, 1897-1947 [reprint of 1947 article] / Joel Stebbins -- Honorary American Astronomers: Canada and the American Astronomical Society / Richard A. Jarrell -- A Century of Astronomy in Mexico: Collaboration with American Astronomers / Silvia Torres-Peimbert -- Personal Reminiscences of Being AAS Treasurer and Other Stories / Frank K. Edmondson -- Recollections after Fifty Years: Haverford AAS Meeting, December 1950 / Vera C. Rubin -- The AAS as a Network / Arlo U. Landolt -- My Years as AAS Secretary / Laurence Fredrick -- The Post-War Society: Responding to New Patterns of Patronage / David H. DeVorkin -- The Modern Society: Changes in Demographics / David H. DeVorkin and Paul Routly -- The Origins of the Executive Office at the American Astronomical Society, 1959-1964 / David A. Attis -- Moving to Washington, the Cannon Prize, and Other Thoughts / Margaret Burbidge -- Moving the AAS Executive Office to Washington / Peter B. Boyce -- A Brief History of The Astronomical Journal / Paul W. Hodge -- The American Astronomical Society and The Astrophysical Journal / Helmut A. Abt -- Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy / Susan Simkin -- Astronomy Education and the American Astronomical Society / Andrew Fraknoi and Donat Wentzel -- The American Astronomical Society and the News Media / Stephen P. Maran -- The Origin of the Divisions of the American Astronomical Society and the History of the High Energy Astrophysics Division / Virginia Trimble -- The Solar Physics Division / John H. Thomas -- The Beginnings of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society / Dale P. Cruikshank and Joseph W. Chamberlain -- The Founding of the Division on Dynamical Astronomy -- A Few Recollections / R.L. Duncombe -- The Historical Astronomy Division / Katherine Bracher -- Prioritizing Science: A Story of the Decade Survey for the 1990s / John N. Bahcall -- The Changing Research Environment / Sidney Carne Wolff -- Our Changing Society / Frank H. Shu -- Responsibilities of an American Astronomical Society / Andrea K. Dupree.
- ISBN
- 1563966832
- 9781563966835
- LCCN
- 98037594
- OCLC
- ocm39890335
- 39890335
- SCSB-693928
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library