6 Times Scientists Radically Misunderstood the World

Science has come a long way in understanding how our universe works and that road has been full of wrong turns and dead ends. Here are 6 scientific explanations that turned out to be way off track.

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Sources:
https://www.wired.com/2014/06/fantastically-wrong-how-to-grow-a-mouse-out-of-wheat-and-sweaty-shirts/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-Pasteur/Spontaneous-generation
https://www.britannica.com/science/biology#ref498783
https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/a/aristotle/history/book5.html
https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/a/aristotle/generation/book3.html

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2012/06/08/dark-matter-vs-aether/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/04/21/the-failed-experiment-that-changed-the-world
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https://books.google.com/books?id=to8OAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false p216

https://www.britannica.com/science/phlogiston
https://eic.rsc.org/feature/the-logic-of-phlogiston/2000126.article
https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/lavoisier.html
https://www.acs.org/content/dam/acsorg/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/lavoisier/antoine-laurent-lavoisier-commemorative-booklet.pdf

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https://www.britannica.com/science/steady-state-theory
https://www.google.com/amp/s/futurism.com/steady-state-model-of-the-universe/amp/
https://history.aip.org/exhibits/cosmology/ideas/bigbang.htm

https://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/earth20110816.html
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https://www.hist-geo-space-sci.net/5/135/2014/hgss-5-135-2014.pdf
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https://www.hist-geo-space-sci.net/5/135/2014/hgss-5-135-2014.pdf
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/history-of-geology/from-the-contracting-earth-to-early-supercontinents/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2014/03/mercury-the-planet-shrinks-as-it-cools
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https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/set-of-glass-jars-for-canning-and-preserving-vector-illustration-isolated-on-gm846771750-138853499
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/dreamy-light-refraction-pastel-soft-pale-background-abstract-defocus-rainbow-gm531186409-55315198
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_spheres#/media/File:Ptolemaicsystem-small.png
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/fireplace-gm498891142-79892091
https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/burning-bonfire-with-wood-gm871355210-145516179
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/yellow-color-burning-fire-frame-gm853959940-140333267
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/burning-charcoal-gm865453156-143575701
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