书目名称 | Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy 7 | 编辑 | ANDRÉ HECK | 视频video | | 概述 | The book is dealing with socio-dynamical aspects of the astronomy (and related space sciences) community: characteristics of organizations, strategies for development, operational techniques, observin | 丛书名称 | Astrophysics and Space Science Library | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | Astronomy isthemostancientsciencehumanshavepracticedonEarth. Itisascienceofextremesandoflargenumbers:extremesoftime–fromthe big bang to in?nity –, of distances, of temperatures, of density and masses, ofmagnetic?eld,etc.Itisasciencewhichishighlyvisible,notonlybecause stars and planets are accessible in the sky to the multitude, but also - cause the telescopes themselves are easily distinguishable, usually on top of scenic mountains, and also because their cost usually represent a subst- tialproportionofthenation’sbudgetandofthetaxpayerscontributionsto that budget. As such, astronomy cannot pass unnoticed. It touches on the origins of matter, of the Universe where we live, on life and on our destiny. It touches on philosophy as well as on religion. Astronomy is the direct c- tactofhumankindwithitsoriginsandtheimmensityofuniversalnature.It is indeed a science of observation where experimentation is practically - possible and which is ruled by mathematics, physics, chemistry, statistical analysis and modelling, while o?ering the largest number of veri?cations of the most advanced theories of fundamental physics such as general r- st ativity and gravitation. At the beginning of the 21 | 出版日期 | Book 2006 | 关键词 | Observatories; Universe; astronomy; astrophysics; strategies in astronomy, socio-dynamical aspects of th | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5301-6 | isbn_softcover | 978-94-017-8286-9 | isbn_ebook | 978-1-4020-5301-6Series ISSN 0067-0057 Series E-ISSN 2214-7985 | issn_series | 0067-0057 | copyright | Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006 |
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