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003 OCoLC
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008 970825s1998 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 _a97039824
020 _a0471169803 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 _a0471350664
020 _a9780471169802 (cloth : alk. paper)
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100 1 _aHellman, Hal,
_d1927-
245 1 0 _aGreat feuds in science :
_bten of the liveliest disputes ever /
_cHal Hellman
260 _aNew York :
_bWiley,
_cc1998
300 _axv, 240 p. ;
_c25 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 207-228) and index
505 0 _aUrban 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 _aAn 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 _aAlso available as an electronic book via the World Wide Web to institutions affiliated with NetLibrary, Inc
650 0 _aScience
_xHistory
650 0 _aScientists
_xSocial aspects
_xHistory
650 0 _aVendetta
_vCase studies
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