The Horrible Consequences Of Small Mistakes
Even the smallest error in calculation or a small misunderstanding could lead to tragic consequences, especially when it comes to the science of business. Below are eight of the best examples of how misinterpreted information may result in a terrible tragedy.
1. The discrepancy metric system units has led to the collapse of NASA satellites orbiting Mars
Martian
climate orbiting artificial satellite was launched in 1998 to study
climatic and atmospheric characteristics of the red planet. However, shortly after the launch of the link information was lost. The
problem was that the computer software in the world used a standard
metric in pounds per second (lb / s ) , adopted in the U.S. and the UK ,
while this unit was to follow the information obtained in newtons per
second ( N / s ) . Thus, the artificial satellite entered the atmosphere on Mars is too low altitude and burned .
2 . Apocalypse 2012 according to the Mayan did not take place due to errors in the calculation date
Misinterpretation of the Mayan calendar has convinced many people that at the end of December 2012 around the end will come. And the explanation is, in fact, was quite simple - the date of 21 December 2012 corresponded to the end of the normal year and represents the beginning of a new one. As a result, the date of 21.12.2012 for the Maya, as it turned out, the same as 31.12.2012 for all other peoples of the world, only after the new year begins.
3. Plane crash in 1977 in the Canary Islands, killing 583 people, there was a lack of understanding of the pilots communications manager
Two
Boeing 747 airliners collided on the runway of Los Rodeos Airport ,
which killed 583 people , and all this only happened because of
miscommunication between pilots and aircraft dispatcher. Fog that day was so thick that visibility was almost zero .The
lack of understanding between the captain of the aircraft "KLM" airport
manager and created a situation where the pilots of the aircraft
allegedly received permission to take off , and the band was empty. However, on the runway at the same time expecting permission to take off the other ship company "Pan American". As a result, both machines are encountered on the ground.
4. Sir William Thomson was mistaken by 4.45 billion years when determining the age of the Earth
The
first person who with the help of the latest discoveries in the field
of geology and physics tried to calculate the exact age of the planet
back in the 1800 's, was Sir William Thomson .Thompson
relied in its calculations for the periods when the Earth warmed and
cooled, thereby calculate the estimated age of between 20 and 40 million
years old . Whereas today, the true age of the Earth is 4.5 billion years old .Error
Thomson was the fact that he felt the earth after cooling the molten
state the final stage of planet formation and the beginning of the
origin of life , whereas even after subsequent cooling of the cosmic
body temperature for a long time unchanged. And
despite the apparent underestimation of the age of our blue planet ,
its calculation was phenomenal achievement in science , which previously
defined the term of the earth rather on religious precepts , dating its
existence a few thousand years.
5 . Columbus seriously miscalculated in determining the distance , because of what he and his team almost paid with their lives
Generally , Columbus made a series of errors in the calculations. First, it does not take into account the implementation of calculating the distance a degree of latitude marked on the map. Second, he has mixed Roman and Arabic miles, of which the latter was much more. Third, he has a position in Japan is 12 kilometers closer than it actually is.
6. Media reported that 12 people , injured in an accident at the mine safely rescued , while in fact 11 of them were already deadNeedless to say , we experienced the relatives and family members of the 12 workers when they initially cheered good news , but after three hours taken aback sad news . Perhaps there was a mistake in understanding between rescuers and journalists , when the first through the protective mask that prevents normal communication , trying to convey to the last true state of affairs.
7. Misunderstanding of what kind of cold medicine should be taken , resulting in severe damage to the brain of eight girls
Mackenzie
Bryant immediately after birth underwent a complicated operation on
heart transplantation , because of what she ordered to avoid taking
certain types of medications in order to avoid complications.At
the age of eight years, Bryant caught a cold and the doctor consulted
with her doctor to observe a cardiologist about the permissible drugs.
And
then there are two specialist incorrectly understood each other ,
whether the doctor forgot to remove from the list of Afrin (
oxymetazoline ) , a girl after taking this medicine just was not able to
swallow, talk and walk .Thus
, the result of misunderstanding the two doctors forever deprived child
to live a full life , leaving her helpless to exist with an
irreversible lesion of the cerebral cortex .
8. Even
Einstein almost became a victim of the error in his calculations ,
adding to his theory of relativity, the cosmological constant
He
used the so- called cosmological constant in many of its formulas ,
confirming the mistaken idea that the universe is supposedly stable ,
not shrinking or expanding .In
the end , it was proved that the universe is constantly expanding, so
Einstein had to remove this constant of his calculations . However,
as it turned out, the universe is expanding ever-increasing pace , so
once again took the value that would be able to reflect this phenomenon ,
and the theory of relativity was again added to the cosmological
constant.
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