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Brilliant blunders, from Darwin to Einstein-- colossal mistakes by great scientists that changed our understanding of life and the universe, Mario Livio

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Brilliant blunders, from Darwin to Einstein-- colossal mistakes by great scientists that changed our understanding of life and the universe, Mario Livio
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-323) and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Brilliant blunders
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
800024790
Responsibility statement
Mario Livio
Sub title
from Darwin to Einstein-- colossal mistakes by great scientists that changed our understanding of life and the universe
Summary
"Drawing on the lives of five great scientists -- Charles Darwin, William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), Linus Pauling, Fred Hoyle and Albert Einstein -- scientist/author Mario Livio shows how even the greatest scientists made major mistakes and how science built on these errors to achieve breakthroughs, especially into the evolution of life and the universe"--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Mistakes and blunders -- The origin -- Yea, all which I inherit, shall dissolve -- How old is the Earth? -- Certainty generally is an illusion -- Interpreter of life -- Whose DNA is it anyway? -- B for Big Bang -- The same throughout eternity? -- The "biggest blunder" -- Out of empty space
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