Getting it Right in Science And Medicine Can Science Progress Through Errors Fallacies And Facts

This book advocates the importance and value of errors for the progress of scientific research! Hans Kricheldorf explains that most of the great scientific achievements are based on an iterative process (an ‘innate self-healing mechanism’): errors are committed, being checked over and over again, through which finally new findings and knowledge can arise. New ideas are often first confronted with refusal. This is so not only in real life, but also in scientific and medical research.

This book advocates the importance and value of errors for the progress of scientific research! Hans Kricheldorf explains that most of the great scientific achievements are based on an iterative process (an ‘innate self-healing mechanism’): errors are committed, being checked over and over again, through which finally new findings and knowledge can arise. New ideas are often first confronted with refusal. This is so not only in real life, but also in scientific and medical research.

This book advocates the importance and value of errors for the progress of scientific research! Hans Kricheldorf explains that most of the great scientific achievements are based on an iterative process (an ‘innate self-healing mechanism’): errors are committed, being checked over and over again, through which finally new findings and knowledge can arise. New ideas are often first confronted with refusal. This is so not only in real life, but also in scientific and medical research.

Authors: Kricheldorf, Hans R.
Showcases selected examples of fallacies in science and medicine, considering the historical context and illustrating their revision
Contains famous sample cases, such as the childbed fever, phlogiston theory, evolution and Darwinism, the heliocentric universe, and many more
Provides historical background information about important personalities in the sample cases
An entertaining and informative read for everybody interested in science, scientific research progress, or the history of science, not presupposing special scientific knowledge