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{{Short description|Building on the Harvard University campus}} [[File:Harvard-Science-Center-Josep-Lluis-Sert-Apr-2014.jpg|thumb|Harvard Science Center at [[Harvard University]] seen from the southwest with roof house astronomical optical telescopes visible]] The '''Harvard University Science Center''' is [[Harvard University]]'s main classroom and laboratory building for undergraduate science and mathematics, in addition to housing numerous other facilities and services. Located just north of [[Harvard Yard]], the Science Center was built in 1972<ref name="book">{{cite book|last1=Bunting|first1=Bainbridge|last2=Henderson|first2=Margaret|title=Harvard: An Architectural History|date=1985|publisher=Harvard University Press|location=Cambridge, MA|isbn=978-0674372917|pages=239{{ndash}}243|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hc5PAAAAMAAJ|access-date=13 November 2015}}</ref> and opened in 1973<ref>{{cite web|last1=Stayner|first1=Christian|title=Reshaping Harvard's Landscape|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2003/10/10/reshaping-harvards-landscape-as-the-architect/|publisher=The Crimson|access-date=13 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="library history">{{cite web|title=History|url=http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/cabot/history.cfm|website=Cabot Library|publisher=Harvard Library|access-date=13 November 2015|archive-date=22 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622143519/http://www.hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/cabot/history.cfm|url-status=dead}}</ref> after a design by [[Josep Lluís Sert]], who was then dean of the [[Harvard Graduate School of Design]].<ref name = "ny">{{cite web|last1=Goldberger|first1=Paul|title=JOSEP L. SERT, 80, ARCHITECT, WAS HARVARD DEAN OF DESIGN|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/17/obituaries/josep-l-sert-80-architect-was-harvard-dean-of-design.html|work=New York Times|ref=ny|access-date=13 November 2015}}</ref>
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