Word: shapleys
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Cosmography, which Webster blithely defines as "a description of the world or the Universe," will be discussed by astronomer Harlow Shapley in Nat. Sci. 115. From the catalog the course sounds as though it is intended only for those who can manipulate Einstein's formulas with aplomb, but Professor Shapley claims "the only prerequisite is a persistent curiosity." It all happens in Room 18 of the geographical Institute...
...pity that the governing body of Harvard does not exhibit the same good sense in dealing with a pair of credulous donkeys such as Shapley and Furry. The latter pair prove that most professors, when not actually in the class room, should be kept hung on a hook in a closet. Russell M. Cook...
Contacted yesterday, Harlow Shapley, Paine professor of Practical Astronomy, told the CRIMSON he had not been subpoenaed by the committee...
Dorgan opened with the assertion, "If the intellectuals were more loyally alert, and weren't so concerned about academic freedom, there would be no need for investigations." He also characterized Harvard professors Shapley and Mather as "blind...
...Charles Ianello, in heated testimony, said Coolidge and Shapley were Communists, and after he was called down by the committee, referred to the unfriendly gallery as "Dopes! Communists...