Stuart Firestein

Failure: Why Science Is so Successful

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ISBN 13:: 9780199390106
author:: Stuart Firestein
format:: HardBack
publisher:: OUP USA
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2015
Pages:: 304
Dimensions:: 18 x 3 x 13.5 cm
Genre:: Health, Family & Lifestyle, Psychology & Psychiatry, Cognition & Cognitive Psychology
Condition:: New
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Science has long been perceived as a precise and methodical pursuit, but in reality, it is often a messy and iterative process. Failure: Why Science Is So Successful by Stuart Firestein reveals the truth behind the scientific enterprise, showing that mistakes and errors are an essential part of the journey to understanding. Through historical and contemporary examples, Firestein demonstrates how scientists have relied on failure to guide their research, viewing mistakes as a necessary step towards discovery. This book provides a rare glimpse into the realities of the scientific process, stripping away the idealized view of science as infallible. Accessible and entertaining, Failure: Why Science Is So Successful offers an insider's view of one of humanity's greatest adventures - the pursuit of knowledge through trial and error.

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