Doctoral Dissertation Research: Harlow Shapely, Cosmography and Culture in 1950s and 1960s America

这篇论文的研究目的是实现对历史的理解，即在冷战形成的几十年里，宗教、文化和政治意义是如何交织到天文学家哈洛·沙普利的科学观和宇宙观中的。这项研究的重点是主导天文学家哈洛·沙普利一生的活动。其中包括他支持国际科学合作的工作，以及他对“科学-社会”问题的参与，包括科学与人文传统的关系问题以及伦理和价值观问题。沙普利战后的活动包括促进一种以天文学为基础的科学及其在社会中的作用，并作为一种“恒星神学”得到普及。他的活动为记录科学思想和广泛的文化影响之间的相互作用提供了丰富的案例研究

The goal of this dissertation research is to achieve an historical understanding of the ways in which religious, cultural, and political meanings were interwoven into astronomer Harlow Shapley's vision of science and view of the cosmos in the formative decades of the Cold War. The study focuses on the activities that dominated the life of Astronomer Harlow Shapley. These include his work in support of international cooperation in science and his involvement with 'science-society' issues, including the problem of the relationship of science to humanistic traditions and to questions of ethics and values. Shapley's postwar activities included the promotion of a vision of science and its role in society that was grounded in astronomy and popularized as a kind of `stellar theology.` His activities provide a rich case study for documenting the reciprocity between scientific thought and wide cultural influences