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Thanks to his deep curiosity, Livio turns "Brilliant Blunders" into a thoughtful meditation on the course of science itself.
Here are excerpts: Have any individuals really made a major, lasting difference to the course of science?
We are talking about a great man, an exceptionally great man, whose mind changed the course of science - and the course of the Second World War.
Einstein's revolution was to change the course of science; but in the years immediately after publication, there was no definitive observational evidence that his theory was correct.
According to Leshner, "What we're seeing is the empowerment of ideologues who have the ability to influence the course of science far more than ever before…The basic integrity of science is under siege".
In 1858 and 1915, Darwin and Einstein, driven in part by the somewhat ignoble or worldly ambition to be first, redirected not only the course of science, but redefined our sense of ourselves.
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In higher education, measures were taken to steer students away from liberal arts, law, education, and commerce to the "practical courses" of science, engineering, technology, agriculture, and medicine.
The majority (53.1%) of participants also stated that they had received a large amount (nine or more courses) of science education, with the next largest portion being those with a low amount (one to four courses) of science education (27.5%), followed by the medium amount (five to eight courses) of science education (13.1%), and lastly those with no science education (6.3%).
In addition, consequence-oriented research stands in danger of 'coming too late', and thereby masking the immanent ethics of science inherent in the messy process where courses of science, society and politics are formed.
My first graduate-level course, Philosophy of Science and Research, was based on the scientific method.
Of course, universality of science and universality of law are different under some respects.
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