21 Apr
2022
21 Apr
'22
12:47 p.m.
John Baez says: April 19, 2022 at 10:22 pm It would actually be great if MIT taught a course on failed speculative theories in physics, perhaps using Helge Kragh’s book as a textbook. If students only learn about successful theories they won’t get how hard it is to be right, and how many great physicists had theories that didn’t pan out. https://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=12775#comments