Scientific method, statistical method and the speed of light.

DOI10.1214/ss/1009212817zbMath1059.62507WikidataQ54087194 ScholiaQ54087194MaRDI QIDQ1431185

D. Massart

Publication date: 27 May 2004

Published in: Statistical Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1214/ss/1009212817

zbMATH Keywords

philosophy of science; speed of light; history of science; scientific method; Statistical method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62A01: Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics

62P35: Applications of statistics to physics

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