The American Astronomical Society's first century
By: editor, David H. DeVorkin.
Contributors: DeVorkin, David H., 1944-
Publisher: Published for the American Astronomical Society through the American Institute of Physics
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
Subjects: American Astronomical Society -- History.
Other titles: First century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-332) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 The Early Society; title: AAS Meetings Before There Was an AAS:; title: The Pre-History of the Society3; title: Donald E. Osterbrock; title: The Pickering Years20; title: David H. DeVorkin; title: The First West Coast Meeting of the AAS37; title: Donald E. Osterbrock; title: Amateurs and the Society during the Formative Years40; title: Marc Rothenberg and Thomas R. Williams; title: The American Astronomical Society, 1897-1947 [reprint of 1947 article]53; title: Joel Stebbins; title: 2 Beyond the Borders; title: Honorary American Astronomers:; title: Canada and the American Astronomical Society61; title: Richard A. Jarrell; title: A Century of Astronomy in Mexico:; title: Collaboration with American Astronomers74; title: Silvia Torres-Peimbert; title: 3 Recollections of the Society; title: Personal Reminiscences of Being AAS Treasurer; title: and O ther Stories87; title: Frank K. Edmondson; title: Recollections after Fifty Years:; title: Haverford AAS Meeting, December 195090; title: Vera C. Rubin; title: The AAS as a Network94; title: Arlo U. Landolt; title: My Years as AAS Secretary101; title: Laurence Fredrick; title: 4 The Modern Society; title: The Post-War Society: Responding to New Patterns of Patronage107; title: David H. DeVorkin; title: The Modern Society: Changes in Demographics122; title: David H. DeVorkin and Paul Routly; title: The Origins of the Executive Office at the; title: American Astronomical Society, 1959-1964137; title: David A. Attis; title: Moving to Washington, the Cannon Prize, and Other Thoughts146; title: Margaret Burbidge; title: Moving the AAS Executive Office to Washington148; title: Peter B. Boyce; title: 5 The Publications of the Society; title: A Brief History of The Astronomical Journal165; title: Paul W. Hodge; title: The American Astronomical Society and The Astrophysical Journal176; title: Helmut A. Abt; title: 6 The Society in a Changing World; title: Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy187; title: Susan Simkin; title: Astronomy Education and the American Astronomical Society194; title: Andrew Fraknoi and Donat Wentzel; title: The American Astronomical Society and the News Media213; title: Stephen P. Maran; title: 7 The Divisions of the Society; title: The Origin of the Divisions of the American Astronomical Society; title: and the History of the High Energy Astrophysics Division223; title: Virginia Trimble; title: The Solar Physics Division238; title: John H. Thomas; title: The Beginnings of the Division for Planetary Sciences; title: of the American Astronomical Society252; title: Dale P. Cruikshank and Joseph W. Chamberlain; title: The Founding of the Division on Dynamical Astronomy-A Few Recollections269; title: R. L. Duncombe; title: The Historical Astronomy Division277; title: Katherine Bracher; title: 8 Commentary by Recent AAS Presidents; title: Prioritizing Science: A Story of the Decade Survey for the 1990s289; title: John N. Bahcall; title: The Changing Research Environment301; title: Sidney Came Wolff; title: Our Changing Society307; title: Frank H. Shu; title: Responsibilities of an American Astronomical Society312; title: Andrea K. Dupree.