Scientific Failure

Scientific Failure

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Book Description
The contributors-philosophers, historians, and scientists-present famous scientific facts that began as mistaken theories, then they proceed to explore these and other discoveries that have resulted from failed ideas and how these failures relate to the development of science.

About the Author
Tamara Horowitz is professor of philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh and the co-editor of "Thought Experiments in Science and Philosophy" (Rowman & Littlefield, 1991). Allen I. Janis is professor of physics at the University of Pittsburgh.

Scientific Failure,Horowitz Tamara ,Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.,0847678067,History Of Science,Life Sciences - Anatomy & Physiology,Methodology,Microscopes & Microscopy,Philosophy,Research,Science,Social aspects,Philosophy of science,Science / Physiology

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