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If there ever was a misnomer, it is “exact science.” Science has always been full of mistakes. The present day is no exception. And our mistakes are good mistakes; they require a genius to correct them. Of course, we do not see our own mistakes.
The story of the heliocentric system for which one Greek had a good word, but the other Greeks would not listen.
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Teller, E., Teller, W., Talley, W. (1991). A Revolution Ignored, A Revolution Repressed. In: Conversations on the Dark Secrets of Physics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2772-9_4
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