Great feuds in science : (Record no. 7247)
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| control field | 8386 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | OCoLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20181127185801.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 970825s1998 nyu b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 97039824 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0471169803 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| International Standard Book Number | 0471350664 |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780471169802 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780471350668 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 509 |
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| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Hellman, Hal, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1927- |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Great feuds in science : |
| Remainder of title | ten of the liveliest disputes ever / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Hal Hellman |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Wiley, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | c1998 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xv, 240 p. ; |
| Dimensions | 25 cm |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc. note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-228) and index |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| 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 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | 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 |
| 530 ## - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM AVAILABLE NOTE | |
| Additional physical form available note | Also available as an electronic book via the World Wide Web to institutions affiliated with NetLibrary, Inc |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Science |
| General subdivision | History |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Scientists |
| General subdivision | Social aspects |
| -- | History |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Vendetta |
| Form subdivision | Case studies |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Main TEST | RTC Library | RTC Library | Main opac | 12822 | 509 HEL | 30011563 | 27/11/2018 | 27/11/2018 | Main |