Ignorance : how it drives science
Firestein, Stuart2012
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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.
Main title:
Ignorance : how it drives science / Stuart Firestein.
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Imprint:
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Collation:
256 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780199828074 (hbk)
Dewey class:
501.9501.9
Language:
English
BRN:
1617241
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