Word: asterisks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...physics instructor at Dartmouth, an assistant professor of astronomy at Harvard, director of the Perkins Observatory at Ohio Wesleyan. He has traveled on five solar eclipse expeditions, belongs to a dozen reputable scientific bodies, including astronomical, physical, optical, geophysical and radio engineering societies. His colleagues have voted him an asterisk in American Men of Science for distinguished research. At present a research associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he has actively developed the new science of cosmic-terrestrial relations, ably popularized his specialty in Man and the Stars, and in Earth, Radio and the Stars. Last week he published Sunspots...
American Men of Science is the U. S. Who's Who of scientific learning. The fifth and latest edition (1933) is a fat volume listing some 20,000 names, of which about 1,000 are starred with an asterisk, to designate "leading scientific workers," i. e., those chosen by election among men of standing in their respective fields. Most U. S. scientists covet the star as a signal honor, but the star system itself has repeatedly been criticized as unfair and misleading...
...students are required to attend the first meetings of their courses. An asterisk after the number of the course indicates that undergraduates must get the written consent of the instructor in order to elect...
...asterisk after the number of the course indicates that undergraduates must get the written consent of the instructor in order to elect it. ANTHROPOLOGY 2 Thurs. at 10-12 Peabody Mus. 4a Thurs. at 9 Peabody Mus. ASTRONOMY 3 Thurs. at 11 Astron. Lab. 9a* Thurs. at 3 Harv. Observ. BIOLOGY A Thurs. at 10 Geol. Lect. Rm. D Thurs. at 9 Geol. Lect. Rm. 2 Thurs. at 9 Biol. Lab. Lect. Hall 17a Thurs. at 12 Gray Herb. 31 Thurs. at 10 Biol. Lab. A-115 33 Thurs. at 2 Biol. Lab. A115-117 40* Consult Professor Upton 114a...
...asterisk after the number of the course indicates that undergraduates must get the written consent of the instructor in order to elect...