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Paperback Shapley's Round Table: A Memoir by the Astronomer's Daughter Book

ISBN: 1098383567

ISBN13: 9781098383565

Shapley's Round Table: A Memoir by the Astronomer's Daughter

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This is a lively memoir about growing up with the charismatic American astronomer and science impresario, Harlow Shapley, by his daughter, the late Mildred Shapley Matthews. Shapley remains widely regarded as one of the most unusual, interesting, and noteworthy American astronomers, internationalists, and humanitarians of the 20th century. The "round table" in the title refers to a large rotating wooden desk mounted on central spindle, which graced...

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