'Great Feuds in Science' Description
Controversy is central to scientific development, and history holds countless examples of progression through argument. This book chronicles ten of the hottest and most fascinating disputes over new discoveries and theories, such as the clash between Galileo and Pope Urban over whether the Earth revolved around the Sun, in which ideas as fundamental as the theory of evolution were strongly and realistically challenged. It features controversies which range from the 17th to the 20th century, each one introducing a new theory or finding that had far-reaching effects on future work.
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Title: Great Feuds in Science |
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Publication Date: 15/09/1999 |
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Sub Title Of Text: Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever |
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'Great Feuds in Science' Contents: 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; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.