| Description |
xv, 240 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-228) and index. |
| Form |
Also available as an electronic book via the World Wide Web to institutions affiliated with NetLibrary, Inc. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
An accomplished science writer narrates the dramatic stories of science's ten greatest controversies, sometimes lasting centuries and the discoveries they inspired, and shows how such clashes of ideas and personalities propel science forward. |
| Subject |
Science -- History.
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Scientists -- Social aspects -- History.
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Vendetta -- Case studies.
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| ISBN |
0585246734 electronic bk. |
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9780585246734 electronic bk. |
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0471169803 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780471169802 cloth alkaline paper |
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0471350664 |
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9780471350668 |
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