Shapley is a
surname
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that might refer to one of the following:
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Alan Shapley
Lieutenant General Alan Shapley ( Alan Herreshoff; February 9, 1903 – May 13, 1973) was a United States Marine Corps officer who survived the sinking of the USS Arizona (BB-39), USS ''Arizona'' during the World War II attack on Pearl Harbor, an ...
(1903–1973), of the U.S. Marine Corps, was a survivor the sinking of the USS Arizona in the attack on Pearl Harbor
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Harlow Shapley
Harlow Shapley (November 2, 1885 – October 20, 1972) was an American scientist, head of the Harvard College Observatory (1921–1952), and political activist during the latter New Deal and Fair Deal.
Shapley used Cepheid variable stars to estim ...
(1885–1972), American astronomer, married to Martha
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Martha Betz Shapley (1890–1981), American astronomer, married to Harlow
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Mildred Shapley Matthews
Mildred Shapley Matthews (February 15, 1915 – February 11, 2016) was a book editor and writer known for astronomy books. She was the daughter of astronomers Harlow Shapley and Martha Betz Shapley; her father named the asteroid 878 Mildred for he ...
(1915–2016), American astronomy writer, daughter of Harlow and Martha
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Willis Shapley
Willis Harlow Shapley (March 2, 1917 – October 24, 2005) was an American civil servant best known as the third-ranking administrator for NASA during the Apollo program.
Biography
Shapley was born March 2, 1917 in Pasadena, California. His ...
(1917–2005), American administrator for NASA, son of Harlow and Martha
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Lloyd Shapley
Lloyd Stowell Shapley (; June 2, 1923 – March 12, 2016) was an American mathematician and Nobel Prize-winning economist. He contributed to the fields of mathematical economics and especially game theory. Shapley is generally considered one of ...
(1923–2016), Nobel-winning American mathematician and economist, son of Harlow and Martha
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Alice E. Shapley, American astronomer
Shapley may also refer to:
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Shapley Supercluster
The Shapley Supercluster or Shapley Concentration (SCl 124) is the largest concentration of galaxies in our nearby universe that forms a gravitationally interacting unit, thereby pulling itself together instead of expanding with the universe. It a ...
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Shapley (crater)
Shapley is a Lunar craters, lunar impact crater that lies along the southern edge of Mare Crisium. It was named after American astronomer Harlow Shapley. It was previously designated Picard H. However the crater Picard (crater), Picard lies about ...
, a lunar impact crater on the southern edge of Mare Crisium
Concepts in game theory related to Lloyd Shapley:
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Shapley value and the Aumann–Shapley value
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Shapley–Shubik power index
The Shapley–Shubik power index was formulated by Lloyd Shapley and Martin Shubik in 1954 to measure the powers of players in a voting game. The index often reveals surprising power distribution that is not obvious on the surface.
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Gale–Shapley algorithm
In mathematics, economics, and computer science, the Gale–Shapley algorithm (also known as the deferred acceptance algorithm or propose-and-reject algorithm) is an algorithm for finding a solution to the stable matching problem, named for Davi ...
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