China and the International Astronomical Union: Divorce, Separation and Reconciliation (1958–1982)
China and the International Astronomical Union: Divorce, Separation and Reconciliation (1958–1982)
English | 2022 | ISBN: 3031017862 | 387 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 48 MB
English | 2022 | ISBN: 3031017862 | 387 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 48 MB
Seen from “inside the IAU,” this book tells the in-depth story of a major crisis in which China “divorced” from the International Astronomical Union in 1960 as a protest against the admission of Taiwan. This happened to all the scientific unions at the same time, and to the Olympic Games, which, unexpectedly, would serve as a laboratory for the “reconciliation” which took place following the re-opening of China to the world 20 years later.