书目名称 | Getting It Right in Science and Medicine | 副标题 | Can Science Progress | 编辑 | Hans R. Kricheldorf | 视频video | | 概述 | 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, phlogisto | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | .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 an entertaining way, but without schadenfreude, that even some of the most famous discoverers may appear in completely different light, when regarding errors they have committed in their work..This book is divided into two parts. The first part creates a fundament for the discussion and understanding by introducing important concepts, terms and definitions, suchas (natural) sciences and scientific research, laws of nature, paradigm shift, and progress (in science). It compares natural sciences with other scientific disciplines, such as historical research or socio | 出版日期 | Book 2016 | 关键词 | Blood circulation; Childbed fever; Heliocentric universe; History of science; Laws of nature; Mistakes in | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30388-8 | isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-80797-3 | isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-30388-8 | copyright | Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 |
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