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The historical development of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) is summarized. The manner in which the IAU supports astronomical research on an international level is described.
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Blaauw, A. 1994, History of the IAU: The Birth and First-Half Century of the International Astronomical Union (Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers).
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McNally, D. (2004). The International Astronomical Union: Historial Perspective. In: Wamsteker, W., Albrecht, R., Haubold, H.J. (eds) Developing Basic Space Science World-Wide. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2519-X_3
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