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A tribute to NASA/Harvard-Smithsonian ADS and Guenther Eichorn



 
 
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Old May 15th 06, 07:24 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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One of things that makes modern amateur astronomy interesting is easy
online access to thousands of professional journal articles through the
NASA/Harvard-Smithsonian Abstract Data Service (ADS) -
http://www.adsabs.harvard.edu/
and the Simbad database -
http://simbad.harvard.edu/sim-fid.pl

The ADS is a model of open distribution of scientific knowledge - one
that other disciplines would do well to follow.

Like some modern-day Zenodotus or Hypatia building a modern day version
of the Great-Library-At-Alexandria, Dr. Guenther Eichorn with the
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and NASA's Astrophysics
Data System has spent most of his adult career building and maintaining
the 4.7 million record NASA ADS system indexing journal artices on
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics, and ArXiv e-prints.

We sometimes forget how dependent the advancement of science is on good
libraries.

In an April 2006 Slacker Astronomy Podcast, Aaron Price interviewed Dr.
Eichorn. As Aaron's podcast summary aptly notes, "Every astronomical
researcher should buy Dr. Eichorn a beer at least once in their life."


That extends to amateurs who want to extend their enjoyment of specific
objects by supplementing their activities by reviewing journal
articles.

- Canopus56

Price, Aaron. 4/11/2006. SA Extra: Interview With Dr. Guenther Eichorn.
Slacker Astronomy Podcast.
http://www.slackerastronomy.org/word...php?m=20060411

Wikipedia. 2006. Zenodotus. Web article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenodotus

Wikipedia. 2006. Hypatia of Alexandria. Web article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypatia_of_Alexandria

Wikipedia. 2006. Library of Alexandria. Web article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_at_Alexandria

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Old May 15th 06, 08:55 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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In an April 2006 Slacker Astronomy Podcast, Aaron Price interviewed Dr.
Eichorn. As Aaron's podcast summary aptly notes, "Every astronomical
researcher should buy Dr. Eichorn a beer at least once in their life."


I second this opinion, and will gladly do so the next time
I see Dr. Eichorn at a meeting.

Michael Richmond

 




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