▁See ▁also ▁▁ ▁Ext ension ▁( disambiguation ) <0x0A> </s> ▁St ig ler ' s ▁law ▁of ▁e pon ym y , ▁proposed ▁by ▁University ▁of ▁Chicago ▁ ▁statistics ▁professor ▁Stephen ▁St ig ler ▁in ▁his ▁ 1 9 8 0 ▁publication ▁St ig ler ’ s ▁law ▁of ▁e pon ym y , ▁states ▁that ▁no ▁scientific ▁discovery ▁is ▁named ▁after ▁its ▁original ▁discover er . ▁Ex amples ▁include ▁Hub ble ' s ▁law , ▁which ▁was ▁derived ▁by ▁Georges ▁L ema ître ▁two ▁years ▁before ▁Ed win ▁Hub ble , ▁the ▁P yth ag ore an ▁theorem , ▁although ▁it ▁was ▁known ▁to ▁Bab yl onian ▁mathemat icians ▁before ▁P yth ag or as , ▁and ▁Hal ley ' s ▁Com et , ▁which ▁was ▁observed ▁by ▁astronom ers ▁since ▁at ▁least ▁ 2 4 0 ▁BC . ▁St ig ler ▁himself ▁named ▁the ▁soci ologist ▁Robert ▁K . ▁M erton ▁as ▁the ▁discover er ▁of ▁" St ig ler ' s ▁law " ▁to ▁show ▁that ▁it ▁follows ▁its ▁own ▁dec ree , ▁though ▁the ▁phenomen on ▁had ▁previously ▁been ▁noted ▁by ▁others . ▁ ▁Der iv ation ▁Historical ▁acc laim ▁for ▁discover ies ▁is ▁often ▁assigned ▁to ▁persons ▁of ▁note ▁who ▁bring ▁attention ▁to ▁an ▁idea ▁that ▁is ▁not ▁yet ▁widely ▁known , ▁whether ▁or ▁not ▁that ▁person ▁was ▁its ▁original ▁invent or   – ▁theories ▁may ▁be ▁named ▁long ▁after ▁their ▁discovery . ▁In ▁the ▁case ▁of ▁e pon ym y , ▁the ▁idea ▁becomes ▁named ▁after ▁that