100th Anniversary of the Shapley – Curtis Great Debate
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1920: Scale of the Universe Debate History & brief summaries: About the 1920 Greate Debate | Wikipedia | This Month in Astronomical History | Astronomy’s Great RemembranceVirginia Trimble: History of the Scale of the Universe DebateDeborah Shapley (Granddaughter): Harlow Shapley: Discovering Our Place in the Galaxy | harlowshapley.comSarah & Robert Curtis (Great-great Granddaughter & Great-Grandson): The Family Legacy of Heber Doust Curtis2020: Life in the Universe Debate Jill Tarter […] The post 100th Anniversary of the Shapley – Curtis Great Debate appeared first on NASA Science .
Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss 1920: Scale of the Universe Debate History & brief summaries: About the 1920 Greate Debate | Wikipedia | This Month in Astronomical History | Astronomy’s Great Remembrance Virginia Trimble: History of the Scale of the Universe Debate Deborah Shapley (Granddaughter): Harlow Shapley: Discovering Our Place in the Galaxy | harlowshapley.com Sarah & Robert Curtis (Great-great Granddaughter & Great-Grandson): The Family Legacy of Heber Doust Curtis 2020: Life in the Universe Debate Jill Tarter (SETI Institute): Overview: Here and Now: A Century Later Glossary: Frequently used terms Introduction: The Life in the Universe Debate in 2020 Debate Question: How will humanity first discover extraterrestrial life? Jessie Christiansen (Scientist: NASA Exoplanet Inst.) Charles Cockell (Prof. of Astrobiology: U. Edinburgh) Guy Consolmagno (Director: Vatican Observatory) Richard Tresch Fienberg (AAS, Sky & Telescope) Timothy Ferris (Author, Producer: PBS: Life Beyond Earth) Robert Gendler (Author: A Year in the Life of the Universe) James Green (Chief Scientist: NASA) David Grinspoon (Senior Scientist: Planetary Science Institute) Paul Hertz (Director of Astrophysics: NASA) Sabine Hossenfelder (Frankfurt IAS, Backreaction Blog) Stephen Maran (AAS Press Officer: 1984-2009) John Mather (NASA, Nobel Prize in Physics 2006) Robert Nemiroff (Prof: Michigan Tech; PI: APOD) Martin Rees (Cambridge U., Astronomer Royal UK) Caleb Scharf (Columbia U., Director of Astrobiology) Sara Seager (Prof. of Planetary Science, MIT) Seth Shostak (Senior Astronomer: SETI Institute) Ethan Siegel (Starts with a Bang Blog) David Spergel (Princeton U., Flatiron Ins.) Jill Tarter (SETI Institute) Peter Ward (Professor: U. Washington) About | Glossary | Participate | Movies | Students | Discuss |
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