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Great Feuds in Science: Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever
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Title: Great Feuds in Science: Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever
Author: Hal Hellman
ISBN: 0471169803
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 1998
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: 1
Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: 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.
Author: Hal Hellman
ISBN: 0471169803
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 1998
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: 1
Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: 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.
