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Information handling in astronomy

Title: Information handling in astronomy / edited by André Heck.
Publication: Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, ©2000.

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Heck, A. (André)

Description

x, 242 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Astrophysics and space science library ; v. 250

Uniform Title

Astrophysics and space science library ; v. 250.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Information in astronomy: the role of the IAU -- Astronomy and the news media -- Public outreach in astronomy: the ESO experience -- New frontiers in NASA data management -- FITS experience: lessons learned -- Use of the IRAF system at NOAO -- Starlink: astronomical computing in the United Kingdom -- Computer-assisted context analysis of databases containing scientific literature -- Computational astronomy: current directions and future perspectives -- Information handling for the hubble space telescope -- to be editor in chief of a primary scientific journal: from manual work to electronic publication -- Astronomy libraries 2000: context, coordination, cooperation -- Astronomy education: description, organization, and information -- Astronomy teaching at the open university -- Role of the planetarium -- Data handling in the AAVSO: an example from a large organization of amateur astronomers -- From data files to information hubs: beyond technologies and methodologies.

ISBN

0792364945
9780792364948

LCCN

00060526

OCLC

ocm44681843
44681843
SCSB-8917404

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library