About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 98. Chapters: False friend, False etymology, Spoonerism, Mondegreen, List of misquotations, Observational error, Faux pas, List of common misconceptions, List of commonly misused English words, Biblical inerrancy, Type I and type II errors, Source criticism, Commonly misspelled words, Margin of error, Folk etymology, User error, Miscarriage of justice, Ontological translator, Trial and error, Healthcare error proliferation model, Near miss, Errors and residuals in statistics, Typographical error, RAS syndrome, Pocket dialing, Studentized residual, Moviemistakes.com, Literal translation, Freudian slip, Error analysis, Percussive maintenance, Correction, Mistake of law, Mistaken identity, Sampling error, Organisational models of accidents, Postage stamp design error, Transcription error, Drunk dialing, Dead letter mail, Artifact, Stein's unbiased risk estimate, Errors in the United States Constitution, Mush from the Wimp, Error-tolerant design, Misdialed call, Clerical error, Legislative drafting error, Probable error, Probability of error, Forecast error, Digital artifact, Personal equation, Seven Blunders of the World, Popular errors, Paper street, Latent human error, Berkson error model, Abbe error, Non-sampling error, Innovations vector, Developmental abnormality. Excerpt: This is a list of current, widely held, fallacious ideas and beliefs about notable topics which have been reported by reliable sources from around the world. Each has been discussed in published literature, as has its topic area (such as glass, and the misconception that glass is viscous) and the facts concerning it. Napoleon on the Bellerophon, a painting of Napoleon I by Charles Lock Eastlake. Napoleon was taller than his nickname, The Little Corporal, suggests. Roll-style Western sushi. Contrary to a popular myth, sushi can contain any number of raw ingred...