Description: Further DetailsTitle: Brilliant BlundersCondition: NewFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 05/27/2014EAN: 9781439192375Subtitle: From Darwin to Einstein - Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the UniverseISBN-10: 1439192375ISBN: 9781439192375Publisher: Simon & SchusterDescription: We all make mistakes. Nobody is perfect. And that includes five of the greatest scientists in history -- Charles Darwin, William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), Linus Pauling, Fred Hoyle, Albert Einstein. But the mistakes that these great scientists made helped science to advance. Indeed, as Mario Livio explains in this fascinating book, science thrives on error; it advances when erroneous ideas are disproven. All five scientists were great geniuses and fascinating human beings. Their blunders were part of their genius and part of the scientific process. Livio brilliantly analyses their errors to show where they were wrong and right, but what makes his book so enjoyable to read is Livio's analysis of the psychology of these towering figures. Along the way the reader learns an enormous amount about the evolution of life on earth and in the universe, but from an unusual vantage point -- the mistakes of great scientists rather than the achievements that made them famous.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 213mmItem Length: 140mmItem Width: 23mmItem Weight: 290gAuthor: Mario LivioGenre: Science Nature & MathType: Professionals & AcademicsRelease Year: 2014 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Brilliant Blunders
Title: Brilliant Blunders
Release Date: 05/27/2014
Release Year: 2014
EAN: 9781439192375
Subtitle: From Darwin to Einstein - Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists T
ISBN-10: 1439192375
ISBN: 9781439192375
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Type: Professionals & Academics
Book Title: Brilliant Blunders : From Darwin to Einstein - Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Topic: General, History, Research & Methodology, Science & Technology
Publication Year: 2014
Item Height: 0.9 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Science, Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 10.3 Oz
Author: Mario Livio
Item Length: 8.4 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
