Bibliograph

Scientific feuds, Joel Levy

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Scientific feuds, Joel Levy

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-219) and index

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mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Scientific feuds

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

670729116

Responsibility statement

Joel Levy

Summary

Discusses the history of feuds among scientists over new discoveries, credit and patent rights, and rival theories, including Galileo's trial by the Catholic Church and the feud between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla

Table Of Contents

Earth sciences : Kelvin vs. Lyell, Darwin, Huxley, et al. -- Wegener vs Jeffreys, et al. -- Evolution and palaeobiology : Huxley vs Wilberforce -- Cope vs Marsh -- Leakey vs Johanson -- Kettlewell vs Hooper and Wells -- Fiedel vs Dillehay -- Smit vs Keller -- Jacob vs Brown, Morwood, Roberts, et al. -- Biology and medicine : Harvey vs Primrose and Riolan -- Pasteur vs Pouchet -- Faulds vs Galton and Herschel -- Freud vs Adler -- Freud vs Jung -- Sabin vs Salk -- Franklin vs Wilkins -- Montagnier vs Gallo -- Venter vs the Human Genome Project -- Physics, astronomy and maths : Tycho vs Ursus -- Galileo vs Pope Urban -- Newton vs Flamsteed -- Newton vs Leibniz -- Wallace vs Hampden -- Tesla vs Edison -- Hoyle vs Ryle

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