Word: shapley
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...theory advanced by Dr. Shapley at the meeting deals with the distances in the universe and fixes these relative distances larger than ever before, almost beyond the conception of the human mind. The Harvard director has previously overthrown the accepted Kapteyn theory and has now elaborated on his own theory which replaced...
Reports on the most extensive and distant groping into space ever undertaken, the project of Dr. Harlow Shapley of he Harvard Observatory, were one of the most noteworthy features of the forty-third meeting of the American Astronomical Society at Harvard held at the Harvard Observatory from December 30 to January...
...various astronomers who have been engaged in research along certain lines. On Tuesday afternoon, a tea was held in the Whitin Observatory at Wellesley at the invitation of Professor and Mrs. Duncan. On the same evening, there was a New Year's party given by Mr. and Mrs. Shapley at the Harvard Observatory, at which time there was a presentation of "Pinafore" by the members of the observatory staff...
...Shapley Report Important...
...climax of the whole proceedings lay in the joint reports of Professor Lundmark and Dr. Shapley. In general the reports of these men revolutionized previous conceptions of the extent of the universe...