Abstract
Bohr's Theory of the Atom, the Theory of Classical ElectroDynamics, Newtonian Cosmology, the Theory of Infinitesimals (Early Calculus), Aristotle's Theory of Motion, Olbers' Paradox, the Classical Theory of the Electron, Kirchoff's Theory of Diffraction: by far the most prominent (if not the only) cases of allegedly inconsistent scientific theories mustered so far from the staggering total amount of all scientific texts of past and present—recently babtised the substratum of science, by S. Psillos and R. Hendry. One case from mathematics invented for application in physics (to describe motion), and seven cases from physics. P. Vickers' expanded PhD Thesis Understanding Inconsistent Science is not the first book devoted to purported cases of ‘inconsistent science’, but it is the first monograph on the subject-matter by a single author. Perhaps it is also the last one, because Vickers concludes (p. 217, spoiler alert!, my italics):
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