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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

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

Klaus both despises his native country and despairs at the dichotomous paradigm of the postwar world—“Stalin or Mickey Mouse,” he gripes—and asks Erika, “Is there anything you still believe in?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 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

"This gives us a controlled way to explore quantum matter beyond the usual equilibrium paradigms."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Sometimes a talent comes along that renders old paradigms obsolete.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 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

They are suggesting robot workforces will rise to outnumber human populations, godlike smartglasses will replace iPhones as new computer paradigms and AI data centers will expand to outer space.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025

What is striking about these intellectual tools and cultural values is that they have proved to have a history quite unlike that of paradigms.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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