‘Failure’ explores errors’ upsides
Missteps are a must in science, biologist argues in new book
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CORRECTION Galen’s view of the circulatory system (left) held for hundreds of years. It was wrong. William Harvey updated science’s understanding to include oxygenated and deoxygenated blood (right).
From left: Adapted from R.H. Major/A History of Medicine; Adapted from E.H. Starling /Principles of Human Physiology