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Great Feuds in Science: Ten Disputes that Shaped the World
Great Feuds in Science Ten Disputes that Shaped the World Author:Hal Hellman Hal Hellman tells the stories of ten of the most crucial scientific disputes of the past four centuries--seismic clashes of ideas, wills, and personalities that led to landmarks in the history of science. Galileo, Newton and Leibniz, Darwin and Wilberforce, the Fossil Feud, Wegener's theory of continental drift, and Margaret Mead's research in ... more »Samoa are all discussed. Science is rarely as dull as it is portrayed. Neither are the scientists who wrestle with each other over the largest questions and play for the highest stakes. Great Feuds in Science records the friction, heat, and electricity of ten such encounters.« less