If only MIT taught a course on failed speculative theories

[professor rat]

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.

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