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Brilliant Blunders
by Mario Livio
Five great scientists' great mistakes, Darwin, Kelvin, Pauling, Hoyle, Einstein, and what errors teach. A book about failure at the top.
Read it if…
you want permission to be wrong in good company.
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Skip it if…
you want hero worship.
Try instead: Galileo and the Science Deniers →
Three things you will actually use
- Geniuses blunder.
- Errors advance science.
- Admit and move on.
Do this first
Read the Pauling chapter.
Our verdict
Livio's blunders.
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