Speaker
Prof.
James Peebles
(Princeton University)
Description
When an interesting idea appears in natural science there is a good chance that someone else has already thought of it, independently, or will think of it if news does not travel fast enough. Sociologists recognize this as a phenomenon that has something to teach us about the nature of research in science. I will offer examples to be found in the discovery of the idea of the hot big bang cosmology.
Author
Prof.
James Peebles
(Princeton University)
