Book
Great feuds in science : ten of the liveliest disputes ever
Record details
- 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 | - |