Shapley, Harlow, 1885-1972.
Harlow Shapley lecture "The debt of the world to optical science," 1938.
Shapley's lecture given at the Museum of Natural History in New York City, February 25, 1938. The lecture is primarily about optical instruments and their use in astronomy and other sciences.
Astronomer (galaxies, photometry, spectroscopy) and administrator. Astronomer, Mt. Wilson Observatory (1914-1921); director, Harvard College Observatory (1921-1952); and on the faculty at Harvard from 1952
Astronomy
Optical instruments.
Optics
Lectures lcgft
AIP-ICOS
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