Two months before the Wright brothersa historic flight at Kitty Hawk, a top scientist declared that ano possible combination of known substances, known forces of machinery and known forms of force can be united in a practical (flying) machine...a Germ theory was first advanced in ancient Sanskrit texts thousands of years ago, but wasnat widely accepted until late in the 19th century.
Space travel was declared autter bilgea in 1956 by the British astronomer Royal, one of a long line of scientists who aproveda it was impossible.
Throughout history, it has been difficult, even impossible, to promote the acceptance of new discoveries. Yet during the last two centuries, there has been a veritable explosion of new cures, theories, techniques, and inventions that have revolutionized aviation, space travel, communications, medicine, and warfare.
Most of them, of course, were deemed aimpossible.a
Science Was Wrong is a fascinating collection of stories about the pioneers who created or thought up the aimpossiblea cures, theories, and inventions atheya said couldnat work. How many have suffered or died because cures werenat accepted? How many inventions have been quashed? How much progress was delayed or denied?
You will end up shaking your head in disbelief and even disgust as you learn the answers.