LEADER 04446nam 22006855 450 001 9910583507503321 005 20251204102337.0 010 $a3-030-98625-X 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-98625-4 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7042210 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7042210 035 $a(CKB)24242709000041 035 $a(PPN)263899675 035 $a(BIP)85040960 035 $a(BIP)83295700 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-98625-4 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924242709000041 100 $a20220708d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAstronomers as Diplomats $eWhen the IAU Builds Bridges Between Nations /$fedited by Thierry Montmerle, Danielle Fauque 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (524 pages) 225 1 $aHistorical & Cultural Astronomy,$x2509-3118 311 08$aPrint version: Montmerle, Thierry Astronomers As Diplomats Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783030986247 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPart I: The creation of the IAU -- Part II: International tensions and crises after WWII -- Part III: The IAU and the world today -- Index. . 330 $aThis book illuminates a few highly significant events in history in which astronomers have helped keep contacts between astronomers of different states in moments of international political tensions or even crises. The chapters, written by 20 international authors, focus on four periods where astronomers were particularly active in international relations: 1. The WWI period, the epoch of the creation of the IAU, in the context of the simultaneous creation of other scientific unions. The book also singles out the important role of A.S. Eddington and his network ?across forbidden borders?. 2. The Cold war period and its consequences, when several countries were divided between opposite blocs. ?The China crisis? is told here from different viewpoints by Chinese astronomers, both from the mainland and from Taiwan, in parallel with the evolution of astronomy in South and North Korea. Germany?s twisted path in its membership of the IAU, from its admission in 1951 to its reunification in 1991 is shown as another example. 3. The book then highlights a third period, when radio astronomers, in particular, were very active in ?building bridges? between East and West. It also tells the history of how the apparently innocuous issue of the ?lunar nomenclature? became extremely sensitive. The part ends on two chapters on Russian robotic missions and lunar surface features as well on the Russian participation in the ?International Virtual Observatory? project. 4. The fourth part reports for the first time on the ?hidden story? of the relations between the IAU and the United Nations after the ?Moon race? when the United Nations decided to challenge the IAU?s authority on ?extraterrestrial names?. The final chapter reviews how twenty years later UNESCO and the IAU had become strong partners in the difficult, but highly successful organization of the International Year of Astronomy (2002-2009), and of the ?Astronomy and World Heritage? intitiative (2008). 410 0$aHistorical & Cultural Astronomy,$x2509-3118 606 $aPhysics$xHistory 606 $aInternational relations$xHistory 606 $aInternational relations 606 $aEducation and state 606 $aHistory of Physics and Astronomy 606 $aDiplomatic and International History 606 $aInternational Relations 606 $aEducational Policy and Politics 615 0$aPhysics$xHistory. 615 0$aInternational relations$xHistory. 615 0$aInternational relations. 615 0$aEducation and state. 615 14$aHistory of Physics and Astronomy. 615 24$aDiplomatic and International History. 615 24$aInternational Relations. 615 24$aEducational Policy and Politics. 676 $a387.8 676 $a327.1 702 $aMontmerle$b Thierry 702 $aFauque$b Danielle 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910583507503321 996 $aAstronomers as diplomats$92998884 997 $aUNINA