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001448155 24500 $$aAstronomers as diplomats :$$bwhen the IAU builds bridges between nations /$$cThierry Montmerle, Danielle Fauque, editors.
001448155 264_1 $$aCham :$$bSpringer,$$c[2022]
001448155 264_4 $$c©2022
001448155 300__ $$a1 online resource (xxv, 511 pages) :$$billustrations (some color).
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001448155 4901_ $$aHistorical & cultural astronomy,$$x2509-3118
001448155 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
001448155 5050_ $$aPart I: The creation of the IAU -- Part II: International tensions and crises after WWII -- Part III: The IAU and the world today -- Index. .
001448155 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users.
001448155 520__ $$aThis book illuminates a few highly significant events in history in which astronomers have helped keep contacts between astronomers of different states in moments of international political tensions or even crises. The chapters, written by 20 international authors, focus on four periods where astronomers were particularly active in international relations: 1. The WWI period, the epoch of the creation of the IAU, in the context of the simultaneous creation of other scientific unions. The book also singles out the important role of A.S. Eddington and his network "across forbidden borders." 2. The Cold war period and its consequences, when several countries were divided between opposite blocs. "The China crisis" is told here from different viewpoints by Chinese astronomers, both from the mainland and from Taiwan, in parallel with the evolution of astronomy in South and North Korea. Germany's twisted path in its membership of the IAU, from its admission in 1951 to its reunification in 1991 is shown as another example. 3. The book then highlights a third period, when radio astronomers, in particular, were very active in "building bridges" between East and West. It also tells the history of how the apparently innocuous issue of the "lunar nomenclature" became extremely sensitive. The part ends on two chapters on Russian robotic missions and lunar surface features as well on the Russian participation in the "International Virtual Observatory" project. 4. The fourth part reports for the first time on the "hidden story" of the relations between the IAU and the United Nations after the "Moon race" when the United Nations decided to challenge the IAU's authority on "extraterrestrial names." The final chapter reviews how twenty years later UNESCO and the IAU had become strong partners in the difficult, but highly successful organization of the International Year of Astronomy (2002-2009), and of the "Astronomy and World Heritage" intitiative (2008).
001448155 588__ $$aOnline resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 14, 2022).
001448155 61020 $$aInternational Astronomical Union$$xHistory$$y20th century.
001448155 650_0 $$aScience and international relations$$xHistory$$y20th century.
001448155 650_0 $$aAstronautics and state$$xHistory$$y20th century.
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001448155 7001_ $$aMontmerle, Thierry,$$eeditor.
001448155 7001_ $$aFauque, Danielle,$$eeditor.
001448155 830_0 $$aHistorical & cultural astronomy.$$x2509-3118
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