Mario Livio

Draws on the careers of five renowned scientists including Charles Darwin, William Thomson, Linus Pauling, Fred Hoyle and Albert Einstein to reveal the important roles of their mistakes in advancing science, from Pauling's error in his model of DNA molecule structure to Hoyle's dismissal of the "Big Bang" theory.

From Darwin to Einstein - Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe

Brilliant Blunders

Maggie Delano

I learned a lot from reading this book, but I found that the author's thesis wasn't particularly strong. Even famous people fail. No shit. But rather than leave it at that the author tries to explain every scientists' flaws away. Overall, interesting read if you pay attention to the parts about science and skim through the parts where he analyzes the "blunders".

Brilliant Blunders From Darwin to Einstein - Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe

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