Print version: Firestein, Stuart. Failure : why science is so successful. New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2016] ISBN 9780199390106
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction -- Failing to define failure -- Fail better : advice from samuel beckett -- The scientific basis of failure -- The unreasonable success of failure -- The integrity of failure -- Teaching failure -- The arc of failure -- The scientific method of failure -- Failure in the clinic -- How to love your data when it’s wrong : negative results -- Philosopher of failure -- Funding failure -- Pharma failure -- A plurality of failures -- CODA.