Objections to Astrology a Statement by 186 Leading Scientists
&
The Strange Case of Astrology

Nell' autunno del 1975 comparve sulla rivista "Humanist" un documento avverso l'Astrologia sottoscritto da 186 "incauti scienziati" che ne argomentarono in modo superficiale, inesatto e a tratti ridicolo l'infondatezza. Tra questi figuravano anche 18 premi Nobel. Molti di loro ammisero poi, in epoche diverse e successive, di non aver mai studiato a fondo la materia e alcuni, addirittura, di non aver neppure compreso bene cio' che avevano appoggiato e firmato. [1]

Riproponiamo al lettore e allo studioso la copia del documento originale insieme alla lista, e ad alcuni temi di nascita, di coloro che lo promossero.

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20 Febbraio 2005

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Objections to Astrology & The Strange Case of Astrology

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i 18 premi Nobel
Hans A. Bethe	professor emeritus physics, Cornell
Sir Francis Crick	Medical Research Council, Cambridge
Sir John Eccles	distinguished professor of phisiology, SUNY at Bufalo
Gerhard Herzberg	distinguished research scientist. Nation Research Council of Canada
Wassily Leontief	professor of economic, Haward University
Konrad Lorenz	professor, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Andre' M. Lwoff	honorary professor, Institute Pasteur Paris
Sir Peter Medawar	Medical Research Council, Middlesex, England
Robert S. Mulliken	distinguished professor of Chemistry, Chicago University
Linus C. Pauling	professor of Chemistry, Stantford University
Edward M. Purcell	Gerhard Gade, Harvard University
Paul A. Samuelson	professor of economics, MIT
Julian Schwinger	professor of physics, California University Los Angeles
Gleen T. Seaborg	California University Berkeley
J. Tinbergen	professor emeritus, Rotterdam
N. Tinbergen	professor emeritus of animal behavior, Oxford University
Harold C. Urey	professor emeritus, California University San Diego
George Wald	professor of biology, Harvard University
gli altri
George O. Abell	California University Los Angeles
Lawrence H. Aller	California University Los Angelse
Edoardo Amaldi	professor of physics, University of Rome
Richard Berendzen	Coll. of Arts and Sciences, American Univeristy
William P. Bidelman	Case Western Reserve Univeristy
Jacob Bigeleisen	University of Rochester
D. Scott Birney	professor of Astronomy, Wellesley College
Karl-Heinz Bohm	University of Washington
Lyle B. Borst	professor of physics and astronomy, SUNY at Bufalo
Peter B. Boyce	staff astronomer, Lowell Observatory
Harvey Brooks	professor of techology, Harvard University
William Buscombe	professor of astronomy, Northwestern University
Eugene R. Capriotti	professor of astronomy, Ohio State University
H. E. Carter	coordinator interdisciplinary programs, Arizona University
J. W. Chamberlain	professor of astronomy, Rice Univeristy
Von Del Chamberlain	Smithsonian Instutution
S. Chandrasekhar	professor of astronomy, Univeristy of Chicago
Mark R. Chartrand	Hayden Planetraium
Hong Yee Chiu	NASA
Preston Cloud	professor of geology, California University S. Barbara
Petere S. Conti	professor of astrophysics, Colorado University
Allan F. Cook	astrophysics, Smithsonian Observatory
Alan Cottrell	Jesus Colleg Cambridge England
Bryce Crawford Jr.	professor of chemistry, University of Minesota
David D. Cudaback	Calfornia Universitym Berkeley
A. Dalgarno	professor of astronomy, North Carolina University
Hallowell Davis	Central Institute for Deaf
Morris S. Davis	professor of astronomy, North Carolina University
Peter van de Kamp	emeritus director, Sproul Observatory
A. H. Delsemme	professor of astrophysics, University of Toledo
Robert H. Dicke	professor of science, Princeton
Bertram Donn	NASA
Paul Doty	professor of biochemistry, Harvard
Frank D. Drake	Cornell
Lee A. DuBridge	Californian Institute of Technology
H. K. Eichhor von Wurmb	Department of Astronomy, U of S Fla.
R. M. Emberson	Technical Services of E. and E. Engineers
Howard W. Emmons	professor of mechanical engineering, Harvard
Eugene E. Epstein	staff scientist, The Aereospace Corporation
Henry Eyring	distinguished professor of chemistry, Utah University
Charles A. Federer Jr.	president Sky Pub. Corporation
Robert Fleischer	astronomy section, National Science Foundation
Henry F. Fliegel	tecnical staff, Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA
William A. Fowler	Californian Institute of Technology
Fred A. Franklin	astronomer, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Kenneth Kellemann	National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Ivan R. King	professor of astronomy, California University Berkeley
Rudolf Kompfner	professor emeritus, Stanford Univeristy
William S. Kovach	staff scientist, General Dimanic Convair
M. R. Kundu	professor of astronomy, Maryland University
Lewis Larmore	director of technical Office of Naval Reserach
Kam Ching Leung	director Behlen Observatory Nebraska University
I. M. Levitt	director emertus, Fels Palnetarium of Franklin Institute
C. C. Lin	professor, MIT
Albert P. Linnell	professor, Michigan State University
M. Stanley Livingston	Departement of Physics, MIT
Frank J. Low	research professor, University of Arizona
Willem J. Luyten	Univeristy of Minnesota
Richard E. McCrosky	Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
W. D. Mc Erloy	California University San Diego
Carl S. Marvel	professor of chemistry, Arizona University
Margaret W. Mayall	American Association of Variable Star Observer
Nicholas U. Mayall	Kitt Peak National Observatory
Donald H. Menzel	Harvard College Observatory
Alfred H. Mikesell	Kitt Peak Ntional Observatory
Freeman D. Miller	professor of astronomy, Michigan Unveristy
Alan T. Moffet	professor of radio astronomy, Californian Institute
Delo E. Mook	assistent professor of physics and astronomy, Dartmouth
Marston Morse	professor emeritus, Institute of Advanced Study Prucenton
G. F. W. Mulders	Astronomy Section NSF
Guido Munch	professor of astronomy, Californian Institute of Technology
Edward P. Ney	regent professor of astronomy Univeristy of Minnesota
J. Neyman	director of statistical laboratory, California University Berkeley
C. R. O'Dell	Large Space Telescope, NASA
John A. O'Keefe	Goddard Space Flight, NASA
G. Ledyard Stebbins	professor emeritus, California University
C. Bruce Stephenson	professor of astronomy, Case Western Reserve
Walter H. Stockmayer	professor of chemistry, Dartmouth
Marshall H. Stone	University of Massachusetts
N. Wyman Storer	professor emeritus of astronomy, Kansas University
Hans E. Suess	professor of geochemistry, California University San Diego
T. L. Swihart	profesor of astronomy, University of Arizona
Pol Swings	Institute d'Astrophysique Esneux Belgium
J. Szentaghotai	Semmerlweis Univeristy Budapest
Joseph H. Taylor Jr.	associate professor of astronomy, Massachusetts University
Frederick E. Terman	emeritus vice-provost, Stanford
Yervant Terzian	associate professor of space science, Cornell
Patrick Thaddeus	Institute for Space Studies, New York N.Y.
Kip S. Thorne	professor, Californian Institute of Technology
Alar Toomre	professor of applied mathematics, MIT
Merle A. Tuve	Canergie Institution of Washngton
S. Vasilevskis	professor emeritusof physiology, Minnesota University
Joan Vorpahl	Areospace Corporation Los Angeles
Campbell M. Wade	National Radio Astronomy Observatory
N. E. Wagman	director Allegheny Observatory Pittsburg
George Wallerstein	Professor of astronomy, University of Washington
Fred L. Whipple	Phillips astronomer, Harvard
Hassler Whitney	professor, Princeton
Adolf N. Witt	professor of astronomy, University of Toledo
Frank Bradshaw Wood	professor of astronomy, University of Florida
Charles E. Worley	astronomer, U.S. Naval Observatory
Chi Yuan	associate professor, CCNY
J. H. Oort	University Observatory Leydem Netherlands
Tobias C. Owen	professor of astronomy, SUNY at Stony Brook
Eugene N. Parker	professor of physics and astronomy, Chicago University
Arno A. Penzias	Bell Laboratories
A. Keith Pierce	solar astronomer, Kitt Peak National Observatory
Daniel M. Popper	professor of astronomy, UCLA
Frank Press	professor of geophysics, MIT
R. M. Price	radio spectrum manager, NSF
William M. Protheroe	professor of astronomy, Ohio State University
John D. G. Rather	Dept of Astronomy, California University Irvine
Robert S. Richardson	Griffith Observatory
A Marguerite Risley	professor emeritus, Randolph Macon College
Franklin E. Roach	astronomer, Honolulu Hawaii
Walter Orr Roberts Jr.	Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies
R. N Robertson	Australian National University
James P. Rodman	professor of astronomy, Mt Union College
William W. Roberts Jr.	associate professor, University of Virginia
Bruno Rossi	professor emeritus, MIT
E. E. Salpeter	professor, Cornell
Gertrude Harff Goldhaber	physicist, Brookhaven National Laboratory
John D. Schopp	professor of astronomy, Sab Diego State Univeristy
Julian J. Schreur	professor af astronomy, Valdosta State College
E. L. Scott	professor, Univeristy of Califronia Berkeley
Frederick Seitz	president of Rockefeller University
C. D. Shane	Lick Observatory
Alan H. Shapley	U.S. Dept. of Commerce NOAA
Frank H. Shu	associate professor of astronomy, California University Berkeley
Bancroft W. Sitterly	emeritus professor of physics, American University
Charlotte M. Sitterly	Washington D.C.
B. F. Skinner	professor emeritus, Harvard
Harlan J. Smith	McDonald Observatory Austin Texas
Frantisek Sorm	professor, Instutute of Organic Chemistry, Prague
Laurence W. Fredrick	professor of astronomy, University of Virginia
Riccardo Giacconi	Center for astrophysics Cambridge Massachusset
Owen Gingerich	professor of astronomy, Harvard
Thomas Gold	professor, Cornell
Leo Goldberg	director, Kitty Peak Nation Observatory
Maurice Goldhaber	Brookhaven National Laboratory
Mark A Gordon	National Radio Astronomy Ibservatory
Jesse L. Greenstein	profesor of astrophysics, Californian Institute of Technology
Kenneth Greisen	professor of physics, Cornell
Howard D. Greyber	consultant, Potomac MD
Herbert Gursky	astrophysicist, Smithsonian Institution
John P. Hagen	Dept of Astronomy, Pennsylvania State University
Philiph Handler	president of National Academy of Sciences
William K. Hartmann	Planetary Science Institute Tucson Arizona
Leland J. Haworth	assistant to the press, Associated Universities
Carl Heiles	professor of astronomy, Clifornia University Berkeley
A. Heiser	director of Dyer Observatory Vanderbilt Uninersity
H. L. Helfer	professor of astronomy, University of Rochester
George H. Herbig	astronomer, Lick Observatory California University
Arthur A. Hoag	astronomer, Kitt Peak National Observatory
Paul W. Hodge	professor of astronomy, University of Washington
Dorrit Hoffleit	director of Maria Mitchell Observatory
William E. Howard	National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Fred Hoyle	fellow, St. John's College Cambridge University
Nancy Houk	Dept of Astronomy, University of Michigan
Icko Iben Jr.	Dept of Astronomy, University of Illinois
John T. Jefferies	director of Institute for Astronomy University of Hawaii
Frank C. Jettner	Dept of Astronomy, SUNY of Albany
J. R. Jokipii	professor of planetary sciences, University of Arizona
Joost H. Kiewiet de Jonge	associate professor of astronomy, University of Pittsburg

* ne mancano alcuni che non ci e'stato possibile identificare

Riferimenti :

[1] Paul Karl Feyerabend Science in a free society (NLB, Londra, 1978)

"Quando un rappresentante della BBC volle intervistare alcuni dei vincitori del premio Nobel, questi si schernirono e declinarono l''invito asserendo che non avevano mai studiato l'astrologia e non avevano la benche' minima idea dei suoi canoni non conoscendone i particolari. Il che non aveva impedito loro di maledirla, deriderla e sparlarne in pubblico."

Objections to Astrology a Statement by 186 Leading Scientists &The Strange Case of Astrology

Objections to Astrology a Statement by 186 Leading Scientists
&
The Strange Case of Astrology