Remembering Edith Alice M�ller / Edition 1

by Immo Appenzeller, Yves Chmielewski, Jean-Claude Pecker, Ramiro de la Reza, Gustav Tammann

Overview

Edith Alicia Müller (1918-1995) was the IAU General Secretary from 1976 to 1979, the first woman to have this responsibility. Many friends, students and colleagues, and others who have met Edith at different occasions, give in this book their memories of her.
Her fundamental work in solar physics concerned the chemical composition of the Sun, the time variation of its infra-red spectrum, and its thermal structure. Her interests were, however, far broader than that. She was heavily involved in international work for the teaching of astronomy and for the exchange program of young astronomers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792347897
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	02/28/1998
Series:	Astrophysics and Space Science Library , #222
Edition description:	1998
Pages:	147
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction. Foreword; J.-C. Pecker. Edith Alice Müller, Short Biography; Y. Chmielewski. Spain and Switzerland: The Youth. The Life of Edith A. Müller. Personal and Professional Aspects; R. Frey. Meeting with Edith Müller; F. Egger. Starting with the Sun and Edith Müller; P. Wild. I Knew Edith for Nearly Half a Century; C. de Jager. From Zürich to the IAU... Laughs and Duties; J.-C. Pecker. Edith in Cambridge and Ireland, 1951; H. Brück, M.T. Brück. From a Semester in Cambridge; B.E.J. Pagel. The Sunny Years of Ann Arbor. Friends in Ann Arbor; W. Kaplan, I.R. Kaplan. The Ann Arbor Community; D.G. Wentzel. Coffee Breaks in Ann Arbor; G.H. Elste. An Attractive Little House; A.P. Cowley. From a Summer School in Michigan; E.M. Burbidge. Around the Chemical Elements; L.H. Aller. From Ann Arbor Onwards; L. Houziaux. The Right Balance; S. Van den Bergh. Back to Switzerland: Geneva... Back to Switzerland at Geneva; M. Golay. The Privilege of Having been EAM's Collaborator; Y. Chmielewski. The Solar Lithium Story; R. de la Reza. At Tucson, Looking at the Solar System; W.C. Livingston. Remembering Edith Alicia; F. Llorente de Andres. From the Solar Iron Abundance to the Secretariat of the IAU; J.P. Swings. Kitt Peak, MacMath, the Sun and JOSO; J.O. Stenflo. From One JOSO to Another; B. Schmieder. Edith Back in Andalusia; E.J. Alfaro. Montréal, the Joch, the Canaries; R. Dumont, S. Dumont. How the Entropy is Increasing; W.E. Howard III. Together with the IAU. The IAU Tribute to Edith A. Müller; A. Maeder. One Great LadyAstronomer; A.B. Underhill. A Legendary Polyglot... and Lovely Days; J.T. Jefferies. From One GS of the IAU to Another; G. Contopoulos. Edith Müller, General Secretary of the IAU; P. Wayman. From one G.A. to Another; D. McNally. Edith and the IAU: One Big Family; A.H. Batten. Edith Müller at Work on the Planets; A. Dollfus. Painful Memories and Welcome Sight at Geneva; K. Giovanelli. Teaching Astronomy: Edith Müller and the IAU; C. Iwaniszewska. Edith A. Müller and IAU Commission 46; J.R. Percy. Astronomy in Education... and Swiss Watches; E. Schatzmann. Brief Encounters, Here and There; E.V. Kononovitch. My Science Mother; K. Sinha. Do I Remember Edith Müller? P.B. Boyce. Tchaïkovsky, Pushkin, ... and the Sun; V.L. Khokhlova. Edith Müller in Abastumani; E.K. Kharadze. Drinking Tea in Georgia; B. Manning. From Our First Meeting, She Confided in Me; Y.S. Yastkiv. Edith and the Giant Radiotelescope; G. Swarup. From ‘Down Under'; P.R. Wilson. In Geneva, One Day; A.G. Massevich. Edith Müller Missed in Japan; Y. Kozai. Bibliography. Index of Names.

Editorial Reviews

Forty-nine essays, ranging in length from a paragraph to a few pages, recall the personal and professional life of astrochemist M<:u>ller (1918-1995). Although details of her study of the sun's chemistry, her involvement with the International Astronomical Union (including a stint as General Secretary), and other professional achievements are given, a large group of the remembrances are devoted to her as a person. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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