Harlow Shapley (1885–1972)
Autore di A Treasury of Science
Sull'Autore
Born on a Missouri farm, Harlow Shapley became interested in astronomy by accident. As told by Shapley, he went to the University of Missouri expecting to enroll in the journalism school. However, the school of journalism was not scheduled to open until the following year, so he decided to study mostra altro astronomy. Shapley earned his Ph.D. from Princeton University and then moved to the Mt. Wilson Observatory. There he did his most celebrated work, such as demonstrating experimentally for the first time that earth is not at the center of the Milky Way galaxy but on the outskirts---once again illustrating that earth does not occupy a central location in the cosmos. Consequently, many of his colleagues and fellow astronomers began referring to Shapley as the "modern Copernicus." In 1921 he became director of the Harvard College Observatory, transforming the observatory into a world-famous institution during his 30-year tenure. Shapley also continued his research program, which included the discovery of the first small galaxies, called the Sculptor and Fornax dwarf galaxies after the constellations in whose direction they are oriented. He was also a well-known writer, lecturer, and public scientist, playing a major role in founding UNESCO. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Opere di Harlow Shapley
The inner metagalaxy 10 copie
Flights from chaos; a survey of material systems from atoms to galaxies, adapted from lectures at the College of the… (1930) 8 copie
STARLIGHT 6 copie
Time and Its Mysteries: Eight Lectures given on the James Arthur Foundation, New York University 2 copie
The Stars 2 copie
Undur Veraldar 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Poison Belt: Together with The Disintegration Machine and When The World Screamed (1964) — Postfazione, alcune edizioni — 30 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Shapley, Harlow
- Data di nascita
- 1885-11-02
- Data di morte
- 1972-10-20
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Sharon Village Cemetery, Sharon, New Hampshire, USA
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Nashville, Missouri, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Boulder, Colorado, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Peterborough, New Hampshire, USA
- Istruzione
- University of Missouri (BA|1910|MA|1911)
Princeton University (Ph.D|1913) - Attività lavorative
- astronomer
professor - Relazioni
- Shapely, John (brother)
Shapely, Lloyd (son) - Organizzazioni
- Harvard University
Mount Wilson Observatory
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Astronomical Society - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Bruce Medal (1939)
Royal Astronomical Society Gold Medal (1934)
National Academy of Sciences (1924)
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1920)
Royal Astronomical Society (1918)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 24
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 498
- Popolarità
- #49,660
- Voto
- 3.4
- Recensioni
- 6
- ISBN
- 19
One less than serious quote from the book that shows Shapley's wit is the following:
"The freely roaming and unpoliced dinosaurs, I like to remember, had no plumbing." This quote is in the context of a discussion about humans giving up personal freedoms in exchange for the benefits of civilization.
There is a 1960s era made-for-TV animated movie based on this book and narrated by Harlow Shapley. It goes by the same title as the book and is available for download and viewing at the following link:
http://www.moviesumo.com/Of-Stars-and-Men_20946.html… (altro)