Advancing Variable Star Astronomy 1st Edition by Thomas Williams, Michael Saladyga ISBN 0521519128 978-0521519120

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ISBN 10: 0521519128
ISBN 13: 978-0521519120
Author: Thomas Williams, Michael Saladyga

Founded in 1911, the AAVSO boasts over 1200 members and observers and is the world’s largest non-profit organization dedicated to variable star observation. This timely book marks the AAVSO’s centennial year, presenting an authoritative and accurate history of this important association. Writing in an engaging and accessible style, the authors move chronologically through five eras of the AAVSO, discussing the evolution of its structure and purpose. Throughout the text, the main focus is on the thousands of individuals whose contributions have made the AAVSO’s progress possible. Describing a century of interaction between amateur and professional astronomers, the authors celebrate the collaborative relationships that have existed over the years. As the definitive history of the first hundred years of the AAVSO, this text has broad appeal and will be of interest to amateur and professional astronomers, as well as historians and sociologists of science in general.

Advancing Variable Star Astronomy 1st  Table of contents:

Part I. Pioneers in variable Star Astronomy prior to 1909

1. The emergence of variable star astronomy – a need for observations

2. A need for observers

Part II. The founding of the AAVSO – The William Tyler Olcott Era

3. The amateur’s amateur

4. Amateurs in the service of science

Part III. Recording and Classification – The Leon Campbell Era

5. Leon Campbell to the rescue

6. Formalizing relationships

7. The Pickering Memorial Endowment

8. Fading of the Old Guard

9. Growing pains and distractions

Part IV. The Service Bureau – The Margaret Mayall Era

10. Learning about independence

11. Eviction from Harvard College Observatory

12. Actions and reactions

13. In search of a home

14. Survival on Brattle Street

15. AAVSO achievements

16. Breathing room on Concord Avenue

Part V. Analysis and Science – The Janet Mattei Era

17. The growth of a director

18. Learning the ropes the hard way

19. Managing with renewed confidence

20. Expanding the scientific charter

Part VI. Accelerating Observational Science – The Arne Henden Era

21. Bridging the gap

22. Accelerating the science – the Henden era begins

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