Shapley's Round Table: A Memoir by the Astronomer's Daughter

This is a memoir by astronomer Mildred Shapley Matthews, daughter of the well-known astronomer Harlow Shapley and mother of June Matthews. Based on recollections, correspondence, and conversations with her father and mother, Martha Betz Shapley, Shapley Matthews explores what it was like growing up with a science impresario and the longtime director of the Harvard Observatory. Matthews and Bogdan worked for several years after Shapley Matthews' death in 2016 to create this readable version of her manuscript.

From Summer 2022 recommended reading from MIT (MIT News).