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Stigler's law of eponymy, proposed by University of Chicago statistics professor Stephen Stigler in his 1980 publication Stigler’s law of eponymy,[1] states that no scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer. Examples include Hubble's law, which was derived by Georges Lemaître two years before Edwin Hubble; the Pythagorean theorem, which was known to Babylonian mathematicians before Pythagoras; and Halley's Comet, which was observed by astronomers since at least 240 BC (although its official designation is due to the first ever mathematical prediction of such astronomical phenomenon in the sky, not to its discovery). Stigler attributed the discovery of Stigler's law to sociologist Robert K. Merton, from whom Stigler stole credit so that it would be an example of the law. The same observation had previously also been made by many others.[2] Historical acclaim for discoveries is often assigned to persons of note who bring attention to an idea that is not yet widely known

Stigler's law of eponymy - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Observation that no scientific discovery is named after its discoverer Stigler's law of eponymy , proposed by University of Chicago statistics professor Stephen Stigler in 1980, [ 1 ] states that no scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer. Examples include Hubble's law , which was derived by Georges Lemaître two years before Edwin Hubble ; the Pythagorean theorem , which was known to Babylonian and Indian mathematicians before Pythagoras ; and Halley's Comet , which was observed by as

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