a guide to normal science – and what happens when you don’t

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THINK INSIDE THE BOX A guide to Normal Science – and what happens when you don’t

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Page 1: A guide to Normal Science – and what happens when you don’t

THINK INSIDE THE BOX

A guide to Normal Science – and what happens when you don’t

Page 2: A guide to Normal Science – and what happens when you don’t

THINGS THAT LIGHT CAN TELL US…

Our understanding of light rests at the core of the modern scientific “paradigm”

Light tells us about: Composition Motion, etc

Page 3: A guide to Normal Science – and what happens when you don’t

BETA AURIGAE

H a

b Aurigae

Altair

Page 4: A guide to Normal Science – and what happens when you don’t

SEEING THROUGH THEORY…

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SEEING THROUGH THEORY…

Measured redshift implies 3C273 is receding from us at 45 000 km/s – the cosmological interpretation then implies that this object is 2.4 billion light years away!

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GOING AGAINST THE PARADIGM…

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Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy

Newcomb Cleveland Prize  Alexander von Humboldt Senior

Scientist Award

Halton Arp (1927 – 2013)

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THEN THE #$*& HIT THE FAN!

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THE EMPIRE (PARADIGM) STRIKES BACK!