Great Feuds in Science: Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (690 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0471350664 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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For the most part entertaining and informative A Customer This book makes science interesting. The science we so often learn in school makes it seem as though science always proceeds in a straight-forward manner. This book explodes that stereotype. I particularly enjoyed the descriptions of Kelvin and his estimate of the age of the earth, and, of course, the famous one between Galileo and the Church.. white gold wielder said A feast for science fans!. This book is delightful and any science fan should enjoy it.Stories of scientific conflicts are offered together with historical background,who were the allies on each side.Each tale is introduced carefully, with information on how the scientific issue andconflict came about. The various stages of the debate, from simmering to boiling,are give. Hellman's "Great Feuds " is great reading! I have to disagree strongly with one of the customer reviews of Hal Hellman's "Great Feuds in Science." "Iceage" complains that " the book dissapoints (sic) mainly because of its lack of first person perspeective. I was looking for more feeling, more virulent attacking by two historical giants " Apparently the reviewer was expecting people lik
--Mary Ellen Curtin. Never a dull moment. It is the process that is the living science; that's what makes the activity exciting to those who practice it," science writer Hal Hellman observes. Holders of an earlier idea may not give it up gladly." Hellman describes some of the most emotional, dramatic, and personal debates in scientific history. He rounds up the usual suspects--Galileo versus the pope, Newton versus Leibniz, Cope versus Marsh, evolution versus Creation--but also includes less well known, but no less interesting, conflicts: Wallis versus Hobbes on squaring the circle, Voltaire versus Needham on embryos. "The facts, even the theories, are history. And he boldly includes two conflicts in which (some) of the combatants are still alive: Don Johanson versus the Leakeys on human origins and Derek Freeman versus the gho
-The Christchurch PressGreat Feuds in Science is wonderful history, as the reader learns how scientists had to fight with religious leaders and other scientists to get their work recognized, accepted, and even get the credit for it! -Bookviews. many fine examples of heady invective without parallel in our time. 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.Unusual insight into the development of science I was excited by this book and enthusiastically recommend it to general as well as scientific audiences. -NatureAn entertaining and informative account of the unusual personalities and sometimes bitter rivalries of some of the world's greatest scientific minds. -Publishers WeeklyA fascinating new book which details some of the most famous disputes of the ages.-Courier MailDry science history turns into entertaining reading without sacrificing historic