Thrusday, November 27th of 2014 at 15:00 - Aula Magna Facultat de Física
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, I shall concentrate on and analyze major errors committed by
such luminaries as Charles Darwin, Linus Pauling, and Albert Einstein. I
will also scrutinize the various types of blunders and attempt to identify
their causes.
Most importantly, however, I'll argue that blunders are not only
inevitable, ­but rather part and parcel of progress in science and other
creative enterprises.