Proceedings of a Conference Held in Lagos, Nigeria, October 1993
This book examines space research programs in Europe, while also focusing on developing countries in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and South America. Specifically, research of binary stars is discussed as well as the social, economic, and political aspects of establishing space science programs in emerging countries.
Partial Contents
- I. International Cooperation in Basic Space Science.
- An Astronomical Observatory for Central America: A Realistic Way of Strengthening Basic Space Science in Developing Countries.
- II. Education for Space Science.
- Basic Space Science Education in Nigeria.
- Space Science Education in Developing Countries: Indian Experience.
- III. Atmospheric Science. Preliminary Analysis of Geomagnetic Day to Day Variations in the Equatorial Zone.
- IV. Planetary Science.
- Liquid Water on Early Mars.
- V. The Sun.
- A Morphological Description of the Sun Observed in Honduras during the Total Solar Eclipse of 11 July 1991.
- VI. Binary Stars. Some Aspects of Binary Stars.
- VII. Ground-Based and Space-Based Astronomical Observations.
- Optical/Infrared Astronomy in South Africa.
- The ROSAT X-Ray Sky.
- VIII. Astrophysics and Cosmology.
- Observational Constraints on the Cosmological Parameters.
Readership:
Space researchers in developing countries, policymakers in government, and university research scientists.
Springer Verlag / American Institute of Physics, 1995, 324 S.
192,55 Euro
Hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-56396-328-5
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