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SCIENCE TOMORROW . . .
ASTRONOMER ADAMS FINDS HOPE
OF NEW DISCOVERIES IN THE STARS
By WALTER S. ADAMS—Director, Mount Wilson Observatory
(Written For The Associated Press*
A.
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LAST OF A SERIES
PASADENA, Calif.—The di
rect effects of the war upon the
progress of astronomy can be
listed without difficulty. Among j
them are the damaging and, in a
I
few cases such
as Pulkowa in
Russia, the com
plete destruc
tion of observa
tories and their
equipment; the
removal from
their positions,
and often the
persecution of
astronomers in
Walter S. Adams
occupied Eur
ope; the cessa
tion of most of the international |
! cooperative investigations which I
have accomplished so much in the
field of astronomy, and of course
I the diversion of great numbers of
scientists from their normal pur
j suits to intensive work upon
' technical war problems.
To these may be added the
I necessary postponement until af
’ ter the war of the completion of'
several great astronomical pro- I
ject such as the Radcliffe Observ- J
atory in South Africa and the 200- i
; inch telescope and accessories in
1 Southern California.
None of these war effects is
necessarily serious upon the fu
ture of astronomy. Observatories
; can be replaced, great telescopes
completed, and scientists can re
turn to their former fields of ac
tivity. The International Astro
nomical Union with its member
ship of 40 nations will doubtless
survive the war.
For those entering astronomical
research, however, the opportuni
ties for adding to our knowledge
of the physical world were never
so great. Intensive research for
war has brought within a very
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few years discoveries which when
applied to astronomy will result
in far better observational equip
ment than we have had before.
New kinds of glass, advances in
i opitcal design, and new alloys will
| provide greatly improved lenses
and much more efficient optical
instruments, while developments
in electronics and improvements
in mechanical devices, precision
methods of measurement, and
photographic plates will extend
| our ability to detect and interpret
j the records brought to us by the
! telescopes of the present and the
future.
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Postwar Observatories
It is in recognition of these de
velopments that several nations*
more especially Russia and Tur
key, are making extensive plans
for the construction of large ob
. erva ories after the war.
We have a wealth of knowledge
of stars in their present state and
with the aid of known physical
laws of atomic processes we seek
to learn the order of stellar de
velopment, how the stars maintain
their light, heat, age and their life
expectancy.
In ma.’or investigations of this
sort the mathematician and physi
cist are needed equally with the
observational astronomer, and the
progress of astronomy in the post
war years will depend quite as
much upon the analytical mind of
the scientist as upon the great tel
escope which brings him material
gathered from the depths of space.
STAR GAZERS—Research for war has brought many new tech
nological advances to astronomy but scientists fear brilliant stu
dents. now in uniform, may never resume their educations.
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