PIRSA:22010084

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The Theory, Practice, and Sociology of Physical Cosmology

Peebles, J. (2022). The Theory, Practice, and Sociology of Physical Cosmology . Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. https://pirsa.org/22010084

Peebles, James. The Theory, Practice, and Sociology of Physical Cosmology . Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Jan. 19, 2022, https://pirsa.org/22010084 

          @misc{ scivideos_PIRSA:22010084,
            doi = {10.48660/22010084},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/22010084},
            author = {Peebles, James},
            keywords = {Cosmology},
            language = {en},
            title = {The Theory, Practice, and Sociology of Physical Cosmology },
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics},
            year = {2022},
            month = {jan},
            note = {PIRSA:22010084 see, \url{https://scivideos.org/pirsa/22010084}}
          }

James Peebles Princeton University

Talk numberPIRSA:22010084
DOI10.48660/22010084
Source RepositoryPIRSA
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Talk Type Scientific Series
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Abstract

Sociologists have interesting things to say about the practice of natural science. I will discuss the sociological phenomenon of multiples in scientific discoveries, with examples drawn from how the ΛCDM cosmology grew, and examples of possible multiple discoveries to come from issues arising in our present well-tested but certainly incomplete cosmology.