PIRSA:05110019

Sociology of scientific knowledge: The case of gravitational waves

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

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

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:05110019,
            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},
            year = {2005},
            month = {nov},
            note = {PIRSA:05110019 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Harry Collins Cardiff University

DOI 10.48660/05110019
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?