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Which scientist challenged a dominant astronomical paradigm after observing Jupiter's moons?

paradigm

[par-uh-dahym, -dim] / ˈpær əˌdaɪm, -dɪm /


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That will reward aficionados who rightly see the Cybertruck as a bold-yet-doomed attempt to break out of the established pickup paradigm and try something wildly different.

From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2026

For decades, conservation strategies have been influenced by the "closed-forest paradigm."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026

But that would require "a big paradigm shift" in energy demand in Turkey: "We need to change the demand from diesel or gasoline towards electricity," he said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

“We’re challenging the buttoned-up paradigm of burying the dead. We’re keeping our dead alive through art, through talking about them always.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

In Lawrence’s flat- management paradigm, there would be no titles among rhe scientists at Livermore, no pecking order among the PhDs on the laboratory floor.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Since then, in rare public statements, Sutskever has publicly doubted whether simply scaling up current paradigms is sufficient.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Higher energy costs, higher interest rates and shifting economic paradigms from the AI-investment cycle are creating both winners and losers that the credit markets struggle to discount adequately.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 31, 2026

Drury wants us to question not only our eyes but our paradigms for viewing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026

"There has to be a change in paradigms that are at the foundation of how we run our society and the kinds of laws we create."

From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2025

Pedagogically Sound: Including multiple perspectives and views on material not only enriches the curriculum content, but also provides radically different frameworks and paradigms to students on content.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin


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