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The Shapiro time delay effect, or gravitational time delay effect, is one of the four classic Solar System tests of general relativity. Radar signals passing near a massive object take slightly longer to travel to a target and longer to return than they would if the mass of the object were not present. The time delay is caused by time dilation ...
Shapiro v. Thompson, 394 U.S. 618 (1969), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that invalidated state durational residency requirements for public assistance and helped establish a fundamental "right to travel" in U.S. law. Shapiro was a part of a set of three welfare cases all heard during the 1968–69 term by the Supreme Court, alongside Harrell v.
Anthony Irwin Kornheiser (/ ˈ k ɔːr n h aɪ z ər /; born July 13, 1948) is an American television sports talk show host and former sportswriter and columnist.Kornheiser is best known for his endeavors in three forms of media: as a writer for The Washington Post from 1979 to 2008, as a co-host of ESPN's Emmy Award-winning sports debate show Pardon the Interruption since 2001, and as the ...
In an enthralling new book about this little-known chapter in American theater history, Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro examines the short, tragic life of the Federal Theatre Project. From 1935 ...
Zalman Mordecai Shapiro (12 May 1920 – 16 July 2016) was an American chemist and inventor. He received 15 patents , including a 2009 patent on a process to make commercial production of diamonds cheaper, [1] and played a key role in the development of the reactor that powered the world's first nuclear powered submarine , the Nautilus .
Edward S. Shapiro (born 1938) [1] is a historian of American history and American Jewish history. He received his BA at Georgetown University and his PhD at Harvard University. His doctoral dissertation was The American Distributists and the New Deal. Most of Shapiro's career was spent as professor of American history at Seton Hall University.
978-0-571-21481-5. 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare is a 2006 book by James S. Shapiro about the life of William Shakespeare in the year 1599. [1] [2] [3] 1599 was the year Shakespeare finished writing Henry V, and wrote Julius Caesar and As You Like It. [3] In addition to detailing Shakespeare's life, Shapiro "delv [es] into ...
Shapero was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, on April 29, 1920. He and his family later moved to nearby Newton. He learned to play the piano as a child, and for some years was a pianist in dance orchestras. [1] With a friend, he founded the Hal Kenny Orchestra, a swing-era jazz band. He was more interested in classical music.