PIRSA:05110019

Video URL

https://pirsa.org/05110019

Sociology of scientific knowledge: The case of gravitational waves

Collins, H. (2005). Sociology of scientific knowledge: The case of gravitational waves. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. https://pirsa.org/05110019

Collins, Harry. Sociology of scientific knowledge: The case of gravitational waves. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Nov. 22, 2005, https://pirsa.org/05110019 

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            doi = {10.48660/05110019},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/05110019},
            author = {Collins, Harry},
            keywords = {},
            language = {en},
            title = {Sociology of scientific knowledge: The case of gravitational waves},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics},
            year = {2005},
            month = {nov},
            note = {PIRSA:05110019 see, \url{https://scivideos.org/pirsa/05110019}}
          }

Harry Collins Cardiff University

Talk numberPIRSA:05110019
DOI10.48660/05110019
Source RepositoryPIRSA
Collection
Talk Type Scientific Series

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?