Many people know that Columbus wouldn't have dared to sail across the Atlantic if he had been aware how far the way to Asia really is. But there exist a lot more errors which turned out to be use
Many people know that Columbus wouldn't have dared to sail across the Atlantic if he had been aware how far the way to Asia really is. But there exist a lot more errors which turned out to be useful. Great thinkers like Copernicus and Einstein, but also ordinary people made mistakes which changed our world in many ways. A collection of the most interesting and useful errors in history, science, kitchen and art.Contents: Errors – always negative?To err as a program? Trial and error or: What geniuses and rainworms have in commonMistakes? How delicious! – Potato crisps and cauliflowerThe great fried potatoes failureTofu, cheese, wine & Co.Cauliflower and beyondIn wine there is errorCopernicus or: a rounder rounding… and KeplerDiscovering America with AristotleEl Dorado: the mirage of greedDreams, lies and literature: SchliemannCreative misunderstandings in literatureKandinsky or: The right wrong viewOnly relatively right assumptions: theory of relativityUnsuccessful, but still a masterpiece: the Michelson–Morley experimentA bit of theory on errorSloppiness saves the lives of millionsCan false prophecies be useful?
