When Science Goes Wrong

When Science Goes Wrong
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 308
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ISBN-10 : 0452289327
ISBN-13 : 9780452289321
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Book Synopsis When Science Goes Wrong by : Simon LeVay

Download or read book When Science Goes Wrong written by Simon LeVay and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revealing study of scientific failure provides twelve shocking stories drawn from a range of scientific fields, ranging from a surprise hurricane that makes violent landfall despite forecasters claims that it does not exist, to a team of scientists that ignores signs of an imminent eruption to hike into a supposedly dormant volcanic crater. Original.


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