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Ignorance: How It Drives Science
Stuart Firestein
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Description for Ignorance: How It Drives Science
Hardback. Contrary to the popular view of science as a mountainous accumulation of facts and data, Stuart Firestein takes the novel perspective that ignorance is the main product and driving force of science, and that this is the best way to understand the process of scientific discovery. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 296.
Knowledge is a big subject, says Stuart Firestein, but ignorance is a bigger one. And it is ignorance--not knowledge--that is the true engine of science. Most of us have a false impression of science as a surefire, deliberate, step-by-step method for finding things out and getting things done. In fact, says Firestein, more often than not, science is like looking for a black cat in a dark room, and there may not be a cat in the room. The process is more hit-or-miss than you might imagine, with much stumbling and groping after phantoms. But it ... Read more
Knowledge is a big subject, says Stuart Firestein, but ignorance is a bigger one. And it is ignorance--not knowledge--that is the true engine of science. Most of us have a false impression of science as a surefire, deliberate, step-by-step method for finding things out and getting things done. In fact, says Firestein, more often than not, science is like looking for a black cat in a dark room, and there may not be a cat in the room. The process is more hit-or-miss than you might imagine, with much stumbling and groping after phantoms. But it ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199828074
SKU
V9780199828074
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About Stuart Firestein
Stuart Firestein is Professor and Chair of the Department of Biological Sciences at Columbia University, where his highly popular course on ignorance invites working scientists to come talk to students each week about what they don't know. Dedicated to promoting science to a public audience, he serves as an advisor for the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's program for the Public ... Read more
Reviews for Ignorance: How It Drives Science
This is a lovely little book, which is truly about what drives science; and its not about physics, or chemistry, or engineering, but real biology.
Jack Cohen, The Biologist
This is a lovely little book ... Give it to your friends or relatives to explain why you do science.
Professor Jack Cohen FSB, The Biologist
[B]oth ... Read more
Jack Cohen, The Biologist
This is a lovely little book ... Give it to your friends or relatives to explain why you do science.
Professor Jack Cohen FSB, The Biologist
[B]oth ... Read more