Einstein's Luck: The Truth Behind Some of the Greatest Scientific Discoveries.JOHN WALLER This revisionist re·vi·sion·ism n. 1. Advocacy of the revision of an accepted, usually long-standing view, theory, or doctrine, especially a revision of historical events and movements. 2. look at some of science's greatest discoveries reveals that they might not have been as glorious as they seem. For instance, Waller reports that: Louis Pasteur suppressed data that didn't support his case for the germ theory of disease The germ theory of disease, also called the pathogenic theory of medicine, is a theory that proposes that microorganisms are the cause of many diseases. Although highly controversial when first proposed, it is now a cornerstone of modern medicine and clinical microbiology, . Joseph Lister's famously clean hospital wards were anything but. Alexander Fleming misled the world about his role in the discovery of penicillin Alexander Fleming was the first to suggest that the Penicillium mould must have an antibacterial substance, and the first to isolate the active substance which he named penicillin, but he was not the first to use its properties. . Moreover, Waller cites political struggles and ethical shortcomings A shortcoming is a character flaw. Shortcomings may also be:
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