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Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy 6, 2006 Astrophysics and Space Science Library Series, Vol. 335

Langue : Anglais

Coordonnateur : Heck Andre

Couverture de l’ouvrage Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy 6
When I wasa child, growing up in South America,I often went camping in the wild and hence had direct access to the wondrous Southern sky; the Southern Cross was all mine at the time. Little did I know then that the study of the sky would take such a huge importance in my life, and that in the end astronomy and astrophysics would in many ways become my country and my religion. I have lived in several di?erent countries, and when asked my nationality, I am always very tempted to reply: astronomer. I started as a theorist, and my only dream in my youth was to spend nights thinking and calculating, with paper and pencil, and to have the impression by dawn that I had understood something new. So at the time astronomy was seen or dreamt by me as a solitary endeavour, with periodic encounters with my wise adviser and professors; it is this model that I adopted when doing my PhD work. My generation has lived through many revolutions of all kinds. Those in astronomy, I believe, remain particularly remarkable, and I am a true product of them. Now, I elect to live and work in large organizations, and to share my endeavours with many people. And I relish the series of Andr? e Heck on Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy, which help us recover our memories, reconstitute our own story, and read with glee about our neighbouring or far-away colleagues.
Editorial.- The Evolving Sociology of Ground-Based Optical and Infrared Astronomy at the Start of the 21ST Century.- Building Astronomy Research Capacity in Africa.- Astronomy in New Zealand.- The Current State of Austrian Astronomy.- Challenges and Opportunities in Operating a High-Altitude Site.- An Insider’s Perspective on Observing Time Selection Committees.- Evaluation and Selection of Solar Observing Programs.- Evaluation and Selection of Radio Astronomy Programs: The Case of the 100M Radio Telescope at Effelsberg.- The Development of HST Science Metrics.- The Science News Metrics.- A Citation-Based Measure of Scientific Impact within Astronomy.- A Comparison of the Citation Counts in the Science Citation Index and the Nasa Astrophysics Data System.- Letters to the Editor of the AAS Newsletter: A Personal Story.- Space Law.- Search Strategies for Exoplanets.- IAU Initiatives Relating to the Near-Earth Object Impact Hazard.- Afoev: Serving Variable-Star Observers Since 1921 — An Interview with Émile Schweitzer.- The International Planetarium Society: A Community of Planetarians Facing the Challenges of the 21ST Century.- The Hands-On Universe Project.- Outreach from the Jodrell Bank Observatory.- Astronomy Multimedia Public Outrenach in France and Beyond.- Astronomers and the Media: What Reporters Expect.

Place and date of birth: Jalhay (Belgium), 20 Sept. 1946. Nationalities: Belgian (birth), French (2004). Languages: Walloon (mother tongue), French (education language), English, Spanish (excellent knowledge), German (good knowledge), practical notions of a number of other languages.

University degrees:

Master of mathematics - Liège State University (1969) (title of the thesis: Apsidal motion and internal structure of the stars) Master of education - Liège State University (1969) Post-graduate certificates - Liège State University: General astrophysics (1970), Celestial mechanics (1970), Modern techniques of documentation (1971), Modern techniques of astrophysical observations (1972), Structure and dynamics of the Galaxy (1973)

Post-graduate certificate - Paris VI University: Probability and statistics (1970)

Ph.D. ("Doctorat d'Etat") - Liège State University (1975) - title of the theses: Application of the maximum-likelihood principle to the calibration of stellar luminosity criteria (main thesis). The multivariate statistical analysis provides indications on the meaning of photometric indices.

Certification in management - Management Center Europe (1981)

Certification in marketing, communication techniques and advertising - Strasbourg III University (1985)

D.Sc. ("Agrégation de l'Enseignement Supérieur Universitaire") - Liège State University (1985) - title of the theses: A few new contributions to astronomical statitics (main thesis). The photometric behavior of the irregular variable V348 Sgr shows that the characteristic times of variation proposed previously were incorrect. The statistical parallaxes obtained by application of the maximum-likelihood principle allow a consistent and independent recalibration of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. The quasi-periodic variations detected in the very slow nova RR Tel since its 1944 outburst explicit the role of the Mira component of the system. Therotation of the Gala

The editor, once again, has been able to find a prominent group of people to contribute to this volume Contributors are scientists, policy makers, librarians, publishers, journalists etc. and the serie has become a "must read" for astronomy publishers to know their market In practice, all aspects of astronomy-related life and environment could be tackled in the spirit of sharing specific expertise and lessons learned Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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