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Stigler's law of eponymy: a standalone construct

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History of science

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

In history of science, Stigler's law of eponymy refers to the observation that no scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer. This meaning comes from Stigler (1980) in Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences.[1]

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  1. Stigler, S. M. (1980). Stigler's Law of Eponymy. Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences, 39(1 Series II), 147-157. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2164-0947.1980.tb02775.x

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