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Ignorance: How It Drives Science

by Stuart Firestein

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Contrary to the popular view of science as a mountainous accumulation of facts and data, Stuart Firestein takes the novel perspective that ignorance is the main product and driving force of science, and that this is the best way to understand the process of scientific discovery.

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"Science produces ignorance, and ignorance fuels science."
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