Ignorance: How It Drives Science

by Stuart Firestein

Book Overview

Knowledge is a big subject, says Stuart Firestein, but ignorance is a bigger one. And it is ignorance--not knowledge--that is the true engine of science.

Most of us have a false impression of science as a surefire, deliberate, step-by-step method for finding things out and getting things done. In fact, says Firestein, more often than not, science is like looking for a black cat in a dark room, and there may not be a cat in the room. The process...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199828075
• ISBN13: 9780199828074
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 7.1"