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Great Feuds In Science. Ten Of The Liveliest Disputes Ever
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Résumé
Hal Hellman tells the lively stories of ten of the most outrageous and intriguing disputes from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries. Bringing the cataclysmic clash of ideas and personalities to colorful life, Hellman explores both the science and the spirit of the times. Along the way, he reveals that scientific feuds are fueled not only by the purest of intellectual disagreements, but also by intransigence, ambition, jealousy, politics, faith, and the irresistible human urge to be right.
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- 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 Leakeys: the missing link
- Derek Freeman versus Margaret Mead: nature versus nurture
Caractéristiques
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Date de parution03/11/1999
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Editeur
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ISBN0-471-35066-4
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EAN9780471350668
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PrésentationBroché
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Nb. de pages240 pages
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Poids0.38 Kg
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Dimensions15,5 cm × 23,5 cm × 1,6 cm
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Biographie de Hal Hellman
Hal Hellman is the internationally acclaimed author of 26 popular science books, including the six-book series The World of the Future. He has also written science articles for such publications as the New York Times, Omni, Reader's Digest, Psychology Today, and Geo.Vous aimerez aussi
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