Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein - Colossal Mistakes By Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life And the Universe
“ Bold ideas, unjustified anticipations, and speculative thought are our only means of interpreting nature . . . Those among us who are unwilling to expose their ideas to the hazard of refutation do not take part in the scientific game.
—KARL POPPER Fred Hoyle’s most enduring works were in the areas of nuclear astrophysics and stellar evolution. Yet most of those who remember him from his popular books and prominent radio programs know him as a cosmologist and co-originator of the idea of a st...eady state universe. What does being a cosmologist really mean?
The question “How close is the nearest planet to Earth?” is not a question in modern cosmology. Even a question on a larger scale, such as “What is the distance from the Milky Way to its nearest galaxy neighbor?” is not considered to be a question in cosmology. Cosmology deals with the average properties of our observable universe—the ones you obtain once you smooth out, over the range that our most powerful telescopes can reach.MoreLess
—KARL POPPER Fred Hoyle’s most enduring works were in the areas of nuclear astrophysics and stellar evolution. Yet most of those who remember him from his popular books and prominent radio programs know him as a cosmologist and co-originator of the idea of a st...eady state universe. What does being a cosmologist really mean?
The question “How close is the nearest planet to Earth?” is not a question in modern cosmology. Even a question on a larger scale, such as “What is the distance from the Milky Way to its nearest galaxy neighbor?” is not considered to be a question in cosmology. Cosmology deals with the average properties of our observable universe—the ones you obtain once you smooth out, over the range that our most powerful telescopes can reach.MoreLess
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