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2 - Dethroning the Queen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 June 2022

Nancy Cartwright
Nancy Cartwright
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Durham University
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020: Roger Penrose ‘for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity’, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez ‘for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy’

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A Philosopher Looks at Science , pp. 80 - 121
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • Dethroning the Queen
  • Nancy Cartwright, Durham University
  • Book: A Philosopher Looks at Science
  • Online publication: 10 June 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009201896.003
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  • Dethroning the Queen
  • Nancy Cartwright, Durham University
  • Book: A Philosopher Looks at Science
  • Online publication: 10 June 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009201896.003
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  • Dethroning the Queen
  • Nancy Cartwright, Durham University
  • Book: A Philosopher Looks at Science
  • Online publication: 10 June 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009201896.003
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