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Getting It Right in Science and Medicine: Can Science Progress through Errors? Fallacies and Facts
Hans R. Kricheldorf
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Description for Getting It Right in Science and Medicine: Can Science Progress through Errors? Fallacies and Facts
Hardback. Advocating the importance and value of errors for the progress of scientific research, this book explains that most of the great scientific achievements are based on an iterative process (an 'innate self-healing mechanism ): errors are committed, and checked repeatedly, through which new findings and knowledge can arise. Num Pages: 285 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, 5 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: MBGR; PD; PH; PN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 243 x 22. Weight in Grams: 604.
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. The author outlines in this book how great ideas had to ripen over time before winning recognition and being accepted. The book showcases in ... Read more
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. The author outlines in this book how great ideas had to ripen over time before winning recognition and being accepted. The book showcases in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
285
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319303864
SKU
V9783319303864
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99-15
About Hans R. Kricheldorf
Hans R. Kricheldorf has worked in research and teaching at the Universities of Freiburg and Hamburg as Professor for Macromolecular Chemistry. A focus of his work was on polycondensation reactions for new polymeric materials. Today, he dedicates his spare time to his passion: regarding and reflecting (natural) sciences in a historical context as well as from today's perspective. ... Read more
Reviews for Getting It Right in Science and Medicine: Can Science Progress through Errors? Fallacies and Facts
With an impressive repertoire of publications in chemistry literature, Kricheldorf (macromolecular chemistry, Univ. of Freiburg and Univ. of Hamburg, Germany) broadly addresses the importance of failure in advancing science and medicine. ... Kricheldorf's expertise seeps through with elements of chemistry woven heavily throughout the text. Bibliographies are included at the end of each chapter. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students; researchers/faculty. ... Read more