The Importance of Science History and a major question about science.

One of the most important things to ever learn about, regardless what it is, is the history of a subject. There truly is something to be said about learning from the past. Successes and mistakes are both equally important to learn about when mastering a subject. Science is no different. Learning about how prior scientist came up with their ideas is key to understanding future endeavors in scientific discoveries. 

But we must review these old theories and ensure that no minor mistakes were made. Take Einstein for example and his theories on Relativity. Einstein struggled with some of the math and it was not all adding up correctly like it should have. Therefore he could have squeezed a small piece into the formula to make it work. Are we absolutely sure that this was the correct solution? It very likely was, but what if it wasn't? How many others could have done this? 

So I propose and challenge you to go back and review these problems all around, not just in the math. Think outside the box, critically. And find out if there are any other possible solutions that may work better. 

One of the first things you are taught in college/university physics is that it's all mainly a theory. We have reached a point in Physics where its almost at a standstill. Not everything, but compared to how fast we have been making breakthroughs over the last century, we have definitely slowed down and have got stuck in certain areas. Especially when it comes to the quantum world, magnetism, and a unified theory. I therefore am suggesting that we may have missed something or mistaken something small in the past. And a minor mistake made a century ago could be what is throwing us all off so largely now. 

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