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Life as IAU General Secretary

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2019

Derek McNally
Derek McNally*
Affiliation:
School Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield AL10 9AB, UK email: D.McNally@herts.ac.uk
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Abstract

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In this paper I discuss the general role of the IAU General Secretary, and reminisce on the XXIst IAU General Assembly in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1991, where a fire disrupted proceedings on the final days.

Keywords

IAU General SecretaryIAU General AssemblyXXIst GA in Argentina (1991)
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 13 , Symposium S349: Under One Sky: The IAU Centenary Symposium , December 2018 , pp. 123 - 124
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2019