Ignorance: How It Drives Science
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Ignorance: How It Drives Science

by Stuart Firestein

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In Ignorance: How It Drives Science, Stuart Firestein explores how unanswered questions and the limits of knowledge can inspire scientific inquiry. Rather than treating ignorance as failure, the book considers it a vital force behind discovery, investigation, and progress.

ISBN-13 9780199828074 ASIN 0199828075 Views 270 Publisher Oxford University Press Year 2012 Edition 1 Format Hardcover Product Group Book Pages 195 Created August 13, 2026 Updated September 25, 2026
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Ignorance: How It Drives Science explores the productive role of not knowing in scientific work.

Stuart Firestein presents ignorance as a source of questions, investigation, and discovery rather than merely an absence of information.

The book offers a broad reflection on how uncertainty and unanswered questions can propel science forward.

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