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Stigler's law

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科学的発見は、その発見者の名前にちなんで命名されることはないという皮肉な観察
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歴史家が科学の命名をさかのぼると、しばしばスティグラーの法則、つまりどの科学的発見も元の発見者の名前が付けられないという皮肉な観察が働いており、功績は後になってより有名な人物に帰されることが多いとわかる。

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The cynical observation that no scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer.

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Stigler's law

When historians trace scientific eponyms, they often find Stigler's law at work: credit frequently goes to later, more famous figures rather than the original discoverers.

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When historians trace scientific eponyms, they often find Stigler's law at work: credit frequently goes to later, more famous figures rather than the original discoverers.

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