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Philosophy, sociology and religion

Philosophy, sociology and religion

Between the lines

19 May 2016 Margaret Harris
Taken from the May 2016 issue of Physics World

A book about the benefits of failure in science, plus a thoughtful history of earthquakes, reviewed by Margaret Harris

Artwork showing a red arrow zig-zagging up and down and a person riding on it like a rollercoaster
Fail harder: Stuart Firestein argues in his new book that failure is key to the way that science works. (Courtesy: iStock/alashi)
Failure is a beginning Professionally speaking, biologist Stuart Firestein is a fan of failure. Done

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