PIRSA:16060004

Mario Livio: Brilliant Blunders

(2016). Mario Livio: Brilliant Blunders. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/16060004

Mario Livio: Brilliant Blunders. Perimeter Institute, Jun. 01, 2016, https://pirsa.org/16060004 

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            language = {en},
            title = {Mario Livio: Brilliant Blunders},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2016},
            month = {jun},
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Talk Type Public Lectures
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Abstract

Even the greatest scientists have made some serious blunders. "Brilliant Blunders" concerns the evolution of life on Earth, of the Earth itself, of stars, and of the universe as a whole.

In this talk, astrophysicist Dr. Mario Livio will explore and analyze major errors committed by such luminaries as Charles Darwin, Linus Pauling, and Albert Einstein. Dr. Livio will scrutinize the various types of blunders and attempt to explain how they happen. Blunders are not only inevitable, argues Dr. Livio, but also an integral component of the process of science.