Pictorial and Documentary Guide for Research, Teaching, and Education through Astronomy, Physics, and Mathematics Pursued under the Umbrella of the United Nations (1974-2024)
- 1 Outer Space Affairs Division, United Nations, New York, USA
- 2 Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- 3 Office for Outer Space Affairs, United Nations, Vienna, Austria
Abstract
This paper was prepared for Open-Access-only publication as a guide reporting on Education (all aspects of space science and technology), Teaching (remote sensing and GIS, satellite meteorology and global climate, satellite communication, space and atmospheric sciences, global navigation satellite systems), and Research (solar neutrino problem, formation of structure in the Universe) in astronomy (solar physics, cosmology), physics (nuclear physics, neutrino physics), and mathematics (fractional calculus, special functions of mathematical physics) exercised over a period of 50 years (1974-2024). In this period, more than twenty workshops were held and seven regional centres for space science and technology education were established over all regions of the world: Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, Western Asia, and Europe. This effort was undertaken in cooperation of ESA, NASA, JAXA, and 193 member states of the United Nations under the auspices of the UN, also supported by the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) and the International Astronomical Union (IAU). The paper provides access to most of the documents in the six official languages of the United Nations (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish), proceedings, and published papers and books focusing on education, teaching, and research (listed in Google Scholar and Research Gate).
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