SGAA/SSAA Newsletter No 2 - 13/07/07 _________________________________________________________________________ 1. "First Light in the Universe" Saas-Fee book in print 2. Meeting "Next generation of computational models of baryonic physics in galaxy formation", Zurich, 17-21 sept, 2007 3. Roadmap for Astronomy in Switzerland 2007-2016 _________________________________________________________________________ 1. "First Light in the Universe" Saas-Fee book in print The book from the 36th Saas-Fee course on "First Light in the Universe" is in press. The finalised manuscripts and the lecture slides from A. Loeb, A. Ferrara, and R. Ellis are available on http://obswww.unige.ch/saas-fee2006/lecture_notes.html The course Web-page remains http://obswww.unige.ch/saas-fee2006/ SSAA members may order the book at a reduced price of approx. 60 CHF + mailing fees. To place your pre-order send an e-mail to saas-fee∂obs.unige.ch indicating the number of copies and your mailing address. Once the final price will be known, you will be contacted with details for the payment. The deadline for the pre-order is 24 august 2007. Information from D. Schaerer (ObsGeneva) _________________________________________________________________________ 2. Meeting "Next generation of computational models of baryonic physics in galaxy formation", Zurich, 17-21 sept, 2007 A meeting on "Next generation of computational models of baryonic physics in galaxy formation: from protostellar cores to disk galaxies" will be held in Zurich from 17-21 sept, 2007. Organisers: ETH and University of Zurich. For more information see: http://www.exp-astro.phys.ethz.ch/zw07/Home.html _________________________________________________________________________ 3. Roadmap for Astronomy in Switzerland 2007-2016 The final document of the Roadmap for Astronomy in Switzerland 2007-2016, is available on http://obswww.unige.ch/~schaerer/misc/ssaa/roadmap10-final.pdf This document will be updated in due time by the version including colour figures. SGAA/SSAA----SGAA/SSAA----SGAA/SSAA----SGAA/SSAA----SGAA/SSAA For more information concerning the SGAA/SSAA, astronomy in Switzerland, and related topics visit our Website http://obswww.unige.ch/ssaa. For any information and messages to be circulated via the SGAA/SSAA mailing list please e-mail your text to Thomas Schildknecht (thomas.schildknecht∂aiub.unibe.ch) in plain ASCII (no accents and special characters). THANK YOU ! SGAA/SSAA----SGAA/SSAA----SGAA/SSAA----SGAA/SSAA----SGAA/SSAA
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