Ignorance: How It Drives Science by Stuart Firestein

Ignorance: How It Drives Science



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Ignorance: How It Drives Science Stuart Firestein ebook
Page: 208
ISBN: 9780199828074
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Publisher: Oxford University Press


Book cover - Ignorance: how it drives science. Nov 20, 2012 - Ignorance: how it drives science. Apr 13, 2012 - Gathered here are several eloquent definitions that focus on science as process rather than product, whose conduit is curiosity rather than certainty. Sep 27, 2012 - Knowledge is a big subject. What we don't know leaves room for discovery. Mar 5, 2014 - As the oceans represent 70% of the earth's surface, that 'missing' heat is sure enough in the oceans, but not as heat but electrical energy. Observation: “The facts serve mainly to access ignorance…scientists don't concentrate on what they know, which is considerable but also minuscule, but rather on what they don't know” – Ignorance: How It Drives Science. Jan 18, 2012 - Ignorance: How it Drives Science by Stuart Firestein, Oxford University Press. Jun 21, 2012 - Continuing the theme diversifying content, we are sharing a link from NPR's Talk of the Nation. Nov 2, 2013 - I came across this TED talk by Stuart Firestein entitled “The Pursuit of Ignorance” and I think it is one of the best TED talks I have seen. Apr 12, 2012 - In his new book 'Ignorance,' neuroscientist Stuart Firestein argues that science is less about an accumulation of facts and more about embracing what we don't know. Sep 29, 2012 - Gregory Benford, PhD (physicist and science fiction author) Stuart Firestein, MD (scientist and author, Ignorance: How it Drives Science) Harold Garner, PhD (physicist and government advisor) Daniel B. And is more interesting.” -- Stuart Firestei in "Ignorance: How It Drives Science" As the school year. Book is pretty good though not completely satisfying to me. I expected more development of his ideas. Sep 27, 2013 - Firestein, who chairs the biological sciences department at Columbia University, teaches a course about how ignorance drives science. "Ignorance:How it drives science". Stuart Firestein Oxford University Press 2012 | 256pp | £14.99 (HB) ISBN 9780199828074.

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