01732cam a2200301 4500 8386 OCoLC 20181127185801.0 970825s1998 nyu b 001 0 eng 97039824 0471169803 (cloth : alk. paper) 0471350664 9780471169802 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780471350668 509 Hellman, Hal, 1927- Great feuds in science : ten of the liveliest disputes ever / Hal Hellman New York : Wiley, c1998 xv, 240 p. ; 25 cm Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-228) and index 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 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 Also available as an electronic book via the World Wide Web to institutions affiliated with NetLibrary, Inc Science History Scientists Social aspects History Vendetta Case studies 7247 7247 0 0 ddc 0 0 MAIN RTCLIB RTCLIB MAIN 12822 0 509 HEL 30011563 2018-11-27 00:00:00 2018-11-27 MAIN