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2021 CAP Virtual Congress / Congrès virtuel de l'ACP 2021

6–11 Jun 2021
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W1-6 Cosmology in the Past Century I (DHP) / Cosmologie au siècle précédent I (DHP)

W1-6
9 Jun 2021, 11:45
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W1-6 Cosmology in the Past Century I (DHP) / Cosmologie au siècle précédent I (DHP)

  • Louis Marchildon (Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres)

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  1. 607. (I) Multiples in Scientific Discovery
    Prof. James Peebles (Princeton University)
    09/06/2021, 11:45
    History of Physics / Histoire de la physique (DHP)
    Invited Speaker / Conférencier(ère) invité(e)

    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.

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