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Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein: Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe Paperback - 2014
by Mario Livio
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Drawing on the lives of five great scientists, this âÈêscholarly, insightful, and beautifully written bookâÈë (Martin Rees, author of From Here to Infinity) illuminates the path to scientific discovery.
Charles Darwin, William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), Linus Pauling, Fred Hoyle, and Albert Einstein all made groundbreaking contributions to their fieldsâÈ'but each also stumbled badly. DarwinâÈçs theory of natural selection shouldnâÈçt have worked, according to the prevailing beliefs of his time. Lord Kelvin gravely miscalculated the age of the earth. Linus Pauling, the worldâÈçs premier chemist, constructed an erroneous model for DNA in his haste to beat the competition to publication. Astrophysicist Fred Hoyle dismissed the idea of a âÈêBig BangâÈë origin to the universe (ironically, the caustic name he gave to this event endured long after his erroneous objections were disproven). And Albert Einstein speculated incorrectly about the forces of the universeâÈ'and that speculation opened the door to brilliant conceptual leaps. As Mario Livio luminously explains in this âÈêthoughtful meditation on the course of science itselfâÈë (The New York Times Book Review), these five scientists expanded our knowledge of life on earth, the evolution of the earth, and the evolution of the universe, despite and because of their errors.
âÈêThoughtful, well-researched, and beautifully writtenâÈë (The Washington Post), Brilliant Blunders is a wonderfully insightful examination of the psychology of five fascinating scientistsâÈ'and the mistakes as well as the achievements that made them famous.
Charles Darwin, William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), Linus Pauling, Fred Hoyle, and Albert Einstein all made groundbreaking contributions to their fieldsâÈ'but each also stumbled badly. DarwinâÈçs theory of natural selection shouldnâÈçt have worked, according to the prevailing beliefs of his time. Lord Kelvin gravely miscalculated the age of the earth. Linus Pauling, the worldâÈçs premier chemist, constructed an erroneous model for DNA in his haste to beat the competition to publication. Astrophysicist Fred Hoyle dismissed the idea of a âÈêBig BangâÈë origin to the universe (ironically, the caustic name he gave to this event endured long after his erroneous objections were disproven). And Albert Einstein speculated incorrectly about the forces of the universeâÈ'and that speculation opened the door to brilliant conceptual leaps. As Mario Livio luminously explains in this âÈêthoughtful meditation on the course of science itselfâÈë (The New York Times Book Review), these five scientists expanded our knowledge of life on earth, the evolution of the earth, and the evolution of the universe, despite and because of their errors.
âÈêThoughtful, well-researched, and beautifully writtenâÈë (The Washington Post), Brilliant Blunders is a wonderfully insightful examination of the psychology of five fascinating scientistsâÈ'and the mistakes as well as the achievements that made them famous.
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- Title Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein: Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe
- Author Mario Livio
- Binding Paperback
- Edition International Ed
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Simon & Schuster, New York, New York
- Date 2014-05-27
- Features Bibliography, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9781439192375 / 1439192375
- Weight 0.66 lbs (0.30 kg)
- Dimensions 8.51 x 5.5 x 0.84 in (21.62 x 13.97 x 2.13 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Discoveries in science, Errors, Scientific
- Dewey Decimal Code 500
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