Failure : why science is so successful /
Stuart Firestein.
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, (c)2016.
- 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction -- Failing to define failure -- Fail better : advice from samuel beckett -- The scientific basis of failure -- The unreasonable success of failure -- The integrity of failure -- Teaching failure -- The arc of failure -- The scientific method of failure -- Failure in the clinic -- How to love your data when it's wrong : negative results -- Philosopher of failure -- Funding failure -- Pharma failure -- A plurality of failures -- CODA.
9780199390113
Failure (Psychology) Science--Philosophy. Discoveries in science.