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Old 01-September-2006, 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by kowli View Post
I was going to write John Goodricke but I was not sure if it's answer was that ,pheww.
Indeed, I was typing as fast as I could, becuse I knew what google had to say about the '"deaf and dumb" astronomer' search string....
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I have got some new set of questions ,let my chance come,U will have great quizzing pleasure.
Well, kill this one, and we'll all have tons of fun:

Rarely nowadays does philosophy inform science. But there is one significant finding in 20th century astronomy that was "dragged into the open", if you will, by the application of philosophy.

Which finding is it and who were the persons invlolved?
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