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493: No Such Thing As An X

No Such Thing As A Fish

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The Complicated Inventions and Academic Humor

The Cox Ring was named after a student who inspired its creation, in a humorous move by his peers. This highlights the academic community's sense of humor. Stigler's Law of Economy states that scientific discoveries are often not named after the discoverer. Pythagoras' theorem and Halley's comet are examples of this.

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