Abstract
Commission 41 was created at the VIIth IAU General Assembly in Zürich in 1948. From an inauspicious start-Otto Neugebauer was appointed the first President in his absence, but proceeded to express his conviction that ``an international organization in the history of astronomy has no positive function. . .my only activity during my term of service consisted in iterated attempts to resign''-the Commission quickly assumed a key role in the international development of the history of astronomy as an academic discipline.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 394-397 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union |
Volume | 7 |
Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2012 |
Keywords
- History of Astronomy