# Scientific Blunders

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- Book: [Scientific Blunders](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-youngson/scientific-blunders) ([Scientific Blunders.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-youngson/scientific-blunders.md))
- Authors: [Robert Youngson](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-youngson)
- Publisher: robinson
- ISBN: 978-18-5487-964-6
- Published: 1998-10-29
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

An account of the errors into which seemingly infallible humans have fallen, whether through obstinacy, arrogance or carelessness. Examples investigated include the Piltdown Man hoax and the Tay Bridge collapse.