For those of us who, when reading about great thinkers in science, can‘t help but compare our own pitiful intellects with theirs, the focus of Livio‘s topsy-turvy book, Brilliant Blunders, on mistakes is both encouraging and discouraging. It‘s encouraging because their mistakes remind us that they were (i) ___, full of the same blind spots and foibles we all have. It‘s discouraging because, even at their dumbest, these scientists did (ii) ___ work. Indeed, Livio argues that their ―brilliant blunders‖ ended up (iii) ____ science overall.

Blank (i)	Blank (ii)	Blank (iii)
fallible	asinine	harming
invincible	incredible	benefiting
exceptional	provocative	circumventing

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