Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

Guest: Stuart Firestein

Stuart joins Vincent and Dickson to talk about his sequel to Ignorance, a book called Failure, which seeks to make science more appealing by revealing its faults.

Links for this episode * Stuart Firestein's site * Ignorance with Stuart Firestein (TWiV Special) * The pursuit of ignorance (TED) * Ignorance by Stuart Firestein * Failure by Stuart Firestein

This episode is sponsored by ASM Agar Art Contest and ASV 2016

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