Some sociological aspects of the detection of gravitational waves
- đ¤ Speaker: Harry Collins (Cardiff University)
- đ Date & Time: Thursday 20 October 2016, 15:30 - 17:00
- đ Venue: Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Abstract
What is the sociologist, who has spent years demonstrating the interpretative flexibility of claims to have detected gravitational waves, to make of a detection that no-one will question? And where did the confidence in that detection come from â not quite where you think!
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Harry Collins (Cardiff University)
Thursday 20 October 2016, 15:30-17:00