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...time conversational genius flags, the weather is unquestionably the world's most honored subject. Yet with all their practice, languid prognosticators can seldom speak about the temperature tomorrow with so much authority as Harlow Shapley, seven other Harvard faculty members, and distinguished outside contributors can discuss the climate a million years ago--and a million years hence...

Author: By Robert A. Fish, | Title: Climatic Change | 1/25/1954 | See Source »

Menzel succeeds Harlow Shapley, who retired in the summer of 1952. He has served as acting director of the Observatory since September...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pusey Picks Menzel to Fill Vacant Observatory Post | 1/15/1954 | See Source »

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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Need a Course? | 9/28/1953 | See Source »

...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STUDENTS CONGRATULATED | 4/23/1953 | See Source »

Contacted yesterday, Harlow Shapley, Paine professor of Practical Astronomy, told the CRIMSON he had not been subpoenaed by the committee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Six Faculty Members, Two Law Students To Testify Before Jenner Group Today; Names of All but Mather Remain Unknown | 3/26/1953 | See Source »

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