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Stigler’s law and the business of invention

May 13th, 2008 · No Comments

What would have happened had Newton not discovered gravitation?
Nothing! Somebody else would have surely done it!
Stigler’s law states that “no scientific discovery is named after it’s original discoverer”. Even though it seems to be a very strong assertion, the history of science is full of instances were ideas were often developed in parallel by […]

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Tags: Intellectual Property?? · Invention