Philosophy
Abstract:
Observational cosmology of the first decades of the Twentieth Century was dominated by two giants: Edwin Hubble and Harlow Shapley. Hubble's major contributions were to the study and classification of individual galaxies with large telescopes, whereas Shapley is best remembered for his work on groups and clusters of galaxies using telescopes of more modest aperture.
HUBBLE AND SHAPLEY - TWO EARLY GIANTS OF OBSERVATIONAL COSMOLOGY by Sidney van den Bergh
COSMIC JOURNEY: A HISTORY OF SCIENTIFIC COSMOLOGY
Astronomers and public perception
Shapley and Curtis documents on the universe--1921
"The Day We Found the Universe"--H. Shapley & the Milky Way
"The Great Debate" [1921]--Shapley & Curtis
- Expansion Of The Universe...who Conceived This Notion?
Abstract... The recent literature of history of astronomy and cosmology has included a good many suggestions for "who first recognized the expansion of the universe?" with cases having been made for Lemaître, Lundmark, de Sitter, Slipher, Shapley, Friedmann,...
- Astronomers And Public Perception
Abstract: Society's view of astronomers has changed over time and from culture to culture. This review discusses some of the many ways that astronomers have been perceived by their societies and suggests ways that astronomers can influence public...
- "science/philosophy Lectures" Poll
Harlow Shapley Do you attend science/philosophy lectures? Yes...4 No...2 How things have changed. Lectures, the big ones, have taken on celebrity status--not so much content. Neil deGrasse Tyson, Brian Greene, Lawrence Krauss, Stephen Hawking...you get...
- Astronomy: Classic Debates
Being the year of astronomy it would be worthwhile to review some of the great debates of the past: The 1921 debate between Harlow Shapley and Herber Curtis in 1921 and the cosmological debates of the 1930s and 1940s. Of the latter from the Stanford...
- A Long Trip For A Short Event To Test An Hypothesis
May 1929 Popular Science Monthly [Click image to enlarge to read] And yet another series of tests to confirm Einstein's postulation that light bends as written by George Lee Dowd, Jr. in the May 1929 issue of Popular Science Monthly. An over zealous...
Philosophy
Observational cosmology...Edwin Hubble and Harlow Shapley
Abstract:
Observational cosmology of the first decades of the Twentieth Century was dominated by two giants: Edwin Hubble and Harlow Shapley. Hubble's major contributions were to the study and classification of individual galaxies with large telescopes, whereas Shapley is best remembered for his work on groups and clusters of galaxies using telescopes of more modest aperture.
HUBBLE AND SHAPLEY - TWO EARLY GIANTS OF OBSERVATIONAL COSMOLOGY by Sidney van den Bergh
COSMIC JOURNEY: A HISTORY OF SCIENTIFIC COSMOLOGY
Astronomers and public perception
Shapley and Curtis documents on the universe--1921
"The Day We Found the Universe"--H. Shapley & the Milky Way
"The Great Debate" [1921]--Shapley & Curtis
- Expansion Of The Universe...who Conceived This Notion?
Abstract... The recent literature of history of astronomy and cosmology has included a good many suggestions for "who first recognized the expansion of the universe?" with cases having been made for Lemaître, Lundmark, de Sitter, Slipher, Shapley, Friedmann,...
- Astronomers And Public Perception
Abstract: Society's view of astronomers has changed over time and from culture to culture. This review discusses some of the many ways that astronomers have been perceived by their societies and suggests ways that astronomers can influence public...
- "science/philosophy Lectures" Poll
Harlow Shapley Do you attend science/philosophy lectures? Yes...4 No...2 How things have changed. Lectures, the big ones, have taken on celebrity status--not so much content. Neil deGrasse Tyson, Brian Greene, Lawrence Krauss, Stephen Hawking...you get...
- Astronomy: Classic Debates
Being the year of astronomy it would be worthwhile to review some of the great debates of the past: The 1921 debate between Harlow Shapley and Herber Curtis in 1921 and the cosmological debates of the 1930s and 1940s. Of the latter from the Stanford...
- A Long Trip For A Short Event To Test An Hypothesis
May 1929 Popular Science Monthly [Click image to enlarge to read] And yet another series of tests to confirm Einstein's postulation that light bends as written by George Lee Dowd, Jr. in the May 1929 issue of Popular Science Monthly. An over zealous...