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Great feuds in science : ten of the liveliest disputes ever
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- ISBN: 0471169803 (cloth : alk. paper)
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Physical Description:
xv, 240 p. ; 25 cm.
print - Publisher: New York : Wiley, c1998.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-228) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
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| Subject: | Scientists Social aspects History Vendetta Case studies Science History Vendetta Case studies Scientists Social aspects History Science History |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Kirtland Community College Library | Q 125 .H5574 1998 | 30775305447980 | General Collection | Available | - |
Great Feuds in Science : Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever
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Great Feuds in Science : Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever
Controversy is central to scientific development. This volume chronicles 14 of historical disputes over new discoveries and theories, in which ideas as fundamental as the theory of evolution were strongly challenged. Feuds include one between Galileo and Pope Urban over whether the Earth revolved around the Sun and another between Lord Kelvin and Sir Charles Lyell over the age of the Earth.
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