Great Feuds in Science: Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever

by Hal Hellman

Overview

The stories of ten historic feuds: How they altered the course of discovery-and shaped the modern world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781620456767
Publisher:	Turner Publishing Company
Publication date:	09/01/1999
Pages:	258
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Hal Hellman is the internationally acclaimed author of 26 popular science books, including the six-book series The World of the Future. He has also written science articles for such publications as the New York Times, Omni, Reader's Digest, Psychology Today, and Geo.

Table of Contents

Urban VIII versus Galileo, An Unequal Contest.
Wallis versus Hobbes, Squaring the Circle.
Newton versus Leibniz, A Clash of Titans.
Voltaire versus Needham, The Generation Controversy.
Darwin's Bulldog versus Soapy Sam, Evolution Wars.
Lord Kelvin versus Geologists and Biologists, The Age of the Earth.
Cope versus Marsh, The Fossil Feud.
Wegener versus Everybody, Continental Drift.
Johanson versus the Leakeys, The Missing Link.
Derek Freeman versus Margaret Mead, Nature versus Nurture.
Epilogue.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.

Editorial Reviews

In his book, Hellman "reveals just how human scientists can be." --San Diego Union-Tribune

San Diego Union-Tribune

A popular science treatment of such scientific battles as the Pope and Galileo, Liebniz and Newton over the discovery of Calculus, Kelvin and the young geologists over the age of the Earth, and seven others. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

In his book, Hellman ""reveals just how human scientists can be.""—San Diego Union-Tribune

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