Scientific method, statistical method and the speed of light.

DOI10.1214/SS/1009212817MaRDI QIDQ1431185zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors D. Massart, Rachel J. MacKay, R. Wayne Oldford

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

history of sciencephilosophy of sciencescientific methodspeed of lightStatistical method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01) Applications of statistics to physics (62P35)

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