Lexicon of errors

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The term error lexicon can be used to summarize a genre of popular scientific non-fiction books that have been common since the mid-1990s and that deal with widespread misconceptions and legends and claim to correct them. It was named after the Lexicon of Popular Errors by Walter Krämer and Götz Trenkler , published by Eichborn Verlag in 1996 . A forerunner of the “mistaken literature” was Nobody laughed at Columbus. Forgeries and legends of history corrected by the historian and ZEIT author Gerhard Prause from 1966.

Nobody laughed at Columbus , dtv paperback 1991

This was followed by a number of other “lexicons” on a variety of subject areas. In 1999 Eichborn-Verlag published the Lexicon of Classical Errors , which shows when which scientists and institutions made (alleged) errors. Also in 1999 came the lexicon of counterfeits of Werner Fuld , also at calibration fount out and extended the errors to "forgeries, lies and conspiracies of art, history, science and literature." In 2000, the lexicon of psychological errors by science journalist Rolf Degen in Eichborn-Verlag followed.

The titles Lexicon of legal errors ( Ullstein Verlag , 2004) and New Lexicon of legal errors (Ullstein-Verlag, 2005) by lawyer Ralf Höcker became bestsellers. Höcker's second work sparked worldwide media coverage in the summer of 2005 after the author first made it clear in an interview with the British newspaper The Guardian that tourists do not have a legal right to use a sun lounger if they reserve it with a towel.

In the context of films such as The Passion of the Christ and bestsellers such as The Da Vinci Code , error lexicons with biblical themes also became popular. The Protestant theologian Walter-Jörg Langbein used his knowledge of the ancient languages ​​and theological secondary literature to present controversial topics of the Old and New Testaments in the Lexicon of Biblical Errors and in the Lexicon of Errors in the New Testament .

Examples

An early example from England:

  • John Timbs: Popular Errors Explained and Illustrated . Bogue, London 1856 ( digitized version )

German error lexicons:

  • Werner Bartens: Lexicon of medical errors . Eichborn , Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 978-3-8218-3922-6 .
  • Werner Bartens: The new lexicon of medical errors. Even more prejudices, half-truths, questionable treatments . Eichborn, Frankfurt am Main 2006.
  • Jürgen Brater: Lexicon of sex errors. 500 intimate corrections from education to French kiss . Eichborn, Frankfurt am Main 2003.
  • Rolf Degen: Lexicon of psychological errors . Piper , 2004, ISBN 978-3-492-24020-8 (375 pages).
  • Oliver Ernst, Jan Claas Freienstein, Lina Schaipp: Popular errors about language . Reclam, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-15-020238-8 .
  • Werner Fuld: The lexicon of forgeries. Falsifications, lies and conspiracies from art, history, science and literature . Eichborn, Frankfurt am Main 1999.
  • Markus Groll, Angela Mörixbauer: The 50 Biggest Diet Lies. The most common misconceptions about pounds, calories, and slimming diets . Krenn, Vienna 2005, ISBN 978-3-902351-65-4 .
  • Markus Groll, Hans Holdhaus, Angela Mörixbauer, Dietmar Schobel: The 50 greatest fitness lies. The most common misconceptions about exercise and nutrition . Krenn, Vienna 2005, ISBN 978-3-902351-41-8 .
  • Markus Groll, Florian Holzer, Luzia Schrampf: The 50 Greatest Wine Lies. The most common misconceptions about winemakers, wine lists and vinotheques . Krenn, Vienna 2005, ISBN 978-3-902351-84-5 (143 pages).
  • Bernd I. Gutberlet: Errors and legends of German history . Europe , Hamburg 2002.
  • William Lewis Hertslet , Winfried Hofmann: The stair joke of world history. Historical errors, attitudes and inventions . VMA, Wiesbaden 2008.
  • Ralf Höcker: Lexicon of legal errors . Ullstein , Berlin 2004, ISBN 978-3-548-36659-3 (138 pages).
  • Ralf Höcker: New lexicon of legal errors . Ullstein, Berlin 2005, ISBN 978-3-548-36772-9 .
  • Ralf Höcker: The third dictionary of legal errors . Ullstein, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-548-36992-1 .
  • Gabi Hoffbauer: pills, herbs, promises of salvation. The biggest errors in conventional medicine and naturopathy . Heyne , Munich 2008.
  • Rainer Köthe : 120 popular misconceptions about the sun, moon and stars. From sparkling fixed stars, little green men and the infinite universe . Kosmos , Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-440-10182-7 .
  • Denis Krämer, Walter Krämer, Götz Trenkler: The digital lexicon of popular errors . Directmedia , Berlin 2003 (DVD box).
  • Walter Krämer, Götz Trenkler: Lexicon of popular errors. 500 capital misunderstandings, prejudices and thinking errors from sunset to zeppelin . Piper, ISBN 978-3-492-24611-8 (410 pages).
  • Walter Krämer, Götz Trenkler: The best from the lexicon of popular errors . Eichborn, Frankfurt am Main 2000.
  • Walter-Jörg Langbein: Lexicon of errors in the New Testament. From A for Apocalypse to Z for Celibacy . Langen Müller , 2004, ISBN 978-3-7844-6020-8 .
  • Walter-Jörg Langbein: Lexicon of Biblical Errors. From A for Resurrection of Christ to Z for Jehovah's Witnesses . Aufbau-Verlag , 2007, ISBN 978-3-7466-8140-5 (364 pages).
  • André Lorenz: That's not true at all! The 1000 greatest mistakes of all time . Weltbild , Augsburg 2007, ISBN 3-89897-706-4 .
  • Horst Friedrich Mayer : Lexicon of the popular errors of Austria. Over 250 capital misunderstandings, prejudices and thinking errors . Deuticke , Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-216-30579-1 .
  • Horst Friedrich Mayer: The new lexicon of the popular errors of Austria. More misunderstandings, prejudices and mistakes in reasoning . Deuticke , Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-216-30652-6 .
  • André Opinion: Sick of Sick ? A foray into language as an answer to the "onion fish" . Kadmos , Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-86599-047-1 .
  • Otto Neumaier (Ed.): Errors and mistakes in the sciences . LIT , Vienna 2007.
  • Hans-Dieter Otto: The lexicon of errors of justice. Scandalous cases, innocent victims, persistent investigators . Ullstein, 2003, ISBN 978-3-548-36453-7 (522 pages).
  • Udo Pollmer et al .: Lexicon of fitness fallacies. Misunderstandings, misinterpretations and half-truths from aerobics to strains . Eichborn, 2003, ISBN 978-3-8218-3943-1 .
  • Udo Pollmer, Susanne Warmuth: Lexicon of popular nutritional errors. Misunderstandings, misinterpretations and half-truths from alcohol to sugar . Eichborn, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8218-5691-9 .
  • Christa Pöppelmann: 1000 errors in general education . Compact, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-8174-5917-9 .
  • Christa Pöppelmann: The new errors of general education . Compact, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-8174-8118-7 .
  • Gerhard Prause: Nobody laughed at Columbus - corrected falsifications and legends of history. Econ , Munich 1966 (7th, newly edited and expanded edition, ibid. 1988; so far last reprint, ibid. 1996.).
  • Reiner Ruffing: Small encyclopedia of scientific errors . Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2011, ISBN 978-3-579-06566-3 .
  • Ulrich Schmid: 400 popular misconceptions about plants and animals. About blooming algae, thieving magpies and singing manatees . Kosmos, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-440-10236-X .
  • Robert Sedlaczek , Sigmar Grüner: Lexicon of linguistic errors of Austria . Deuticke , Vienna 2003, ISBN 978-3-216-40714-6 .
  • Klaus Waller: Lexicon of Classical Errors. Where Einstein, the Catholic Church and others were totally wrong . Piper, 2006, ISBN 978-3-492-24613-2 (292 pages).

Web links

Wikibooks: Encyclopedia of Popular Errors  - Study and Teaching Materials

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mark Oliver and Khuê Pham : Sun lounger law rules towels illegal , The Guardian , August 8, 2005.
  2. ↑ https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=showSendResult&resultId=%22Prause%22+and+%22Kolumbus%22%26any