
Praise of Error
Productive Mistakes in Culture, Cuisine and Science
Derek Mueller(Author)
idb (Publisher)
Published on 5. November 2016
95 pages
978-3-96150-175-5 (ISBN)
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Many people know that Columbus wouldn't have dared to sail across the Atlantic if he had been aware how far the way to Asia really is. But there exist a lot more errors which turned out to be useful. Great thinkers like Copernicus and Einstein, but also ordinary people made mistakes which changed our world in many ways.
A collection of the most interesting and useful errors in history, science, kitchen and art.
Contents:
Errors - always negative?
To err as a program? Trial and error or: What geniuses and rainworms have in common
Mistakes? How delicious! - Potato crisps and cauliflower
The great fried potatoes failure
Tofu, cheese, wine & Co.
Cauliflower and beyond
In wine there is error
Copernicus or: a rounder rounding
. and Kepler
Discovering America with Aristotle
El Dorado: the mirage of greed
Dreams, lies and literature: Schliemann
Creative misunderstandings in literature
Kandinsky or: The right wrong view
Only relatively right assumptions: theory of relativity
Unsuccessful, but still a masterpiece: the Michelson-Morley experiment
A bit of theory on error
Sloppiness saves the lives of millions
Can false prophecies be useful?
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English
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0,13 MB
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978-3-96150-175-5 (9783961501755)
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