{"product_id":"9783961501755","title":"Praise of Error: Productive Mistakes in Culture, Cuisine and Science","description":"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 common Mistakes? How delicious! – Potato crisps and cauliflower The great fried potatoes failure Tofu, cheese, wine \u0026amp; Co. Cauliflower and beyond In wine there is error Copernicus or: a rounder rounding … and Kepler Discovering America with Aristotle El Dorado: the mirage of greed Dreams, lies and literature: Schliemann Creative misunderstandings in literature Kandinsky or: The right wrong view Only relatively right assumptions: theory of relativity Unsuccessful, but still a masterpiece: the Michelson–Morley experiment A bit of theory on error Sloppiness saves the lives of millions Can false prophecies be useful?","brand":"Ideenbrücke Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47168247005424,"sku":"9783961501755","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783961501755_p0.jpg?v=1763712872","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783961501755","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}