PERIMETER INSTITUTE RECORDED SEMINAR ARCHIVE
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Sociology of scientific knowledge: The case of gravitational waves Speaker(s): Harry Collins
Abstract: Richard Feynman is said to have said that philosophy of science is of no more use to scientists than ornithology is to birds. I will describe how a sociologist looks at the search for gravitational waves. Is it ornithology to birds?
Date: 22/11/2005 - 4:00 pm
Series: Colloquium
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