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The Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey

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Astro2010: The Astron­omy and Astro­physics Decadal Sur­vey [pdf]

 

http://sites.nationalacademies.org/BPA/BPA_049810

 

“Every ten years, the National Research Coun­cil (NRC) of The National Acad­emy of Sci­ences pro­duces a series of sur­veys related to their areas of sci­en­tific inquiry. The pub­lic release of the Astro2010 sur­vey of astron­omy and astro­physics took place on August 13, 2010, and vis­i­tors to this site can read the report and also watch the web­cast from the release event. The goal of this pub­li­ca­tion is to “rec­om­mend pri­or­i­ties for the most impor­tant sci­en­tific and tech­ni­cal activ­i­ties of the decade 2010–2020.” Draw­ing on the exper­tise of schol­ars at Stan­ford Uni­ver­sity, Vas­sar Col­lege, the Uni­ver­sity of Chicago, and other insti­tu­tions, the report is a cru­cial piece of work on what should be done across the board in these two branches of the phys­i­cal sciences.”

 

From the Scout Report, Univ. of Wisconsin, Aug.27, 2010

Astronomy and Astrophysics — the 10-year plan

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August 12, 2010 — A new report by the National Research Coun­cil iden­ti­fies the highest-priority research activ­i­ties for astron­omy and astro­physics in the next decade that will “set the nation firmly on the path to answer­ing pro­found ques­tions about the cos­mos.” The decadal sur­vey — the Research Council’s sixth — pri­or­i­tizes activ­i­ties based on their abil­ity to advance sci­ence in key areas, and for the first time also takes into account fac­tors such as risks in tech­ni­cal readi­ness, sched­ule, and cost.

Source:   Aug 16, 2010

Landolt-Bornstein Database demonstration Oct. 23rd at 10:10

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Jane Holmquist, the Astro­physics Librar­ian, will be demon­strat­ing the Landolt-Bornstein Data­base,  tomorrow, Friday morn­ing, in Grand Cen­tral — as part of a trial that the Uni­ver­sity has from Springer­Ma­te­ri­als.  She will answer any ques­tions you may have in this sec­ond ses­sion of “Tool Time”, a series fea­tur­ing Library resources in astro­physics.  (Group VI of L.B. is Astron­omy and Astrophysics.)