Optical Astronomy in Post-Apartheid South Africa: 1994 to 2004
arXiv:astro-ph/0403373 · doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-2571-6_2
Abstract
The progress of optical astronomy in post-apartheid South Africa is discussed. Particular emphasis is given to the socio-political climate which embraced the idea of a 10-m class telescope as a flagship project that would lead to widespread development in science, technology and education - not only in South Africa, but across the subcontinent.
19 pages, 5 figures, to appear in: Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy, Vol. 5 (Ed.) A. Heck, Kluwer Acad. Publ