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Irwin Shapiro Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Irwin Shapiro, based on 2 World History Database records associated with United States of America.

2 records1964–19681 events0 places

Chronological biography

1964

Relativity, Theory of1964
Science / Astronomy

Irwin Shapiro predicts a gravitational time delay of radiation travel as a test of general relativity

1968

Relativity, Theory of1968
Science / Astronomy

Irwin Shapiro presents the first detection of the Shapiro delay

Record provenance

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