Developing Basic Space Science World-Wide: A Decade of Un/ESA Workshops (Paperback)

The UN/ESA Workshops on Basic Space Science in the Developing Countries.- The International Astronomical Union.- The International Astronomical Union: Historial Perspective.- Astronomy Around the World.- Research and Education in Basic Space Science.- Asia and the Pacific.- Indian Space Programme.- Astronomy in the Philippines.- The Present Status of Astronomy in Sri Lanka.- A Short History of Astronomy in Indonesia.- Space Astronomy in China.- Astronomy in Korea.- Latin America and the Caribbean.- The Astronomical Observatory of Honduras: A Project of International Cooperation.- The Gem Project: An International Collaboration to Survey Galactic Radiation Emission.- The Galactic Emission Mapping (GEM) Project: Summary and Results.- A Centre of Astronomy for Paraguay: A Quest for a Moderate-Sized Telescope.- The Uruguayan Automated and Robotic Telescope "BUSCA".- Astronomy at the Universidad de Sonora.- Space Sciences in Latin America.- Sub-Saharan Africa.- Astronomy in South Africa.- The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT): A 10 Metre Class Spectroscopic Survey Telescope.- An Inter-African Astronomical Observatory and Science Park on the Gamsberg in Namibia?.- Current Developments in Basic Space Science in Nigeria.- Towards Introducing Space Science in Uganda.- Space Science & Technology in Mauritius Current Status and Future Opportunities.- Western Asia and Northern Africa.- Kottamia Telescope Upgrading.- The Marskhod Egyptian Drill Project.- Small Astronomical Telescopes for Research and Education at Helwan, Egypt.- Astronomy in Saudi Arabia: The Challenges.- The Status of the Network of Oriental Robotic Telescopes Project.- Basic Space Sciences in Jordan.- Small Astronomical Telescope Facilities.- The Role of Public Observatories in Astronomical Observations.- Small Telescopes in Research and Education.- Networking of Small Astronomical Telescope Facilities in Education and Research Programmes on Subjects Such as Variable Stars and Near-Earth Objects.- Single-Site and Multi-Site Photometric Research Programmes for Small Telescopes.- "Hands-on Astrophysics" and Beyond.- CCD Photometry of KZ Hya from the AAO (Paraguay).- Projects for Space Science and Astronomy in Developing Countries.- Chasing the Dream.- Provision of Astronomical Equipment for Developing Countries Through ODA of the Government of Japan.- The Astronomy Digital Library.- The Changing Role of the Telescope in Astronomy.- The World Space Observatory/Ultraviolet (WSO/UV) Project.- Astrophysics for University Physics Courses.- Mechanics: Orbits and Kepler's Third Law.- More Mechanics of the Solar System.- More Mechanics: Neutron Stars and Clusters of Galaxies.- Thermal Radiation.- The Lives of Stars.- Cosmic Magnetic Fields.- High-Energy Astrophysics, Electromagnetic Radiation.- Mathematical Proofs.