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Great Feuds in Science

Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever

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Controversy is central to scientific development. This volume chronicles 14 of historical disputes over new discoveries and theories, in which ideas as fundamental as the theory of evolution were strongly challenged. Feuds include one between Galileo and Pope Urban over whether the Earth revolved around the Sun and another between Lord Kelvin and Sir Charles Lyell over the age of the Earth.

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Great Feuds in Science, Hal Hellman

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1998
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Título
Great Feuds in Science
Subtítulo
Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever
Idioma
Inglés
Editorial
Wiley
Publicado en
1998
Formato
Tapa dura
Páginas
256
ISBN10
0471169803
ISBN13
9780471169802
Serie
Primera publicación
1995
Título original
Great Feuds in Science: Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever
Calificación
3,5 de 5
Descripción
Controversy is central to scientific development. This volume chronicles 14 of historical disputes over new discoveries and theories, in which ideas as fundamental as the theory of evolution were strongly challenged. Feuds include one between Galileo and Pope Urban over whether the Earth revolved around the Sun and another between Lord Kelvin and Sir Charles Lyell over the age of the Earth.