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Bezig met laden... Great Feuds in Science: Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Everdoor Hal Hellman
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 Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek.   ) wealhtheowwylfing | Feb 29, 2016 |  Some of these aren't feuds in the way that we would understand the word, since feuds usually require all of the involved parties to still be alive. Several of these are scientists working to show that the previous understanding wasn't accurate. There are some honest-to-goodness feuds to be found here, and those are the most interesting reading, to see where scientists let emotion overrule their data. The book suffers from the flaw of 20/20 hindsight. Now, many years removed from most of the feuds presented herein, the feuds lose their sense that there was ever actually anything to argue about. The author makes the old arguments seem ignorant and flawed, instead of helping us understand how they were the best scientific knowledge available at the time. Later, with better instruments and a better ability to create experiments. It's a good enough overview, but none of the feuds really held my attention. ( ) nadyne.richmond | Apr 6, 2013 | One bone to pick, though -- the last page of text. If the end of the chapter weren't on the recto of the leaf, I'd advise you to rip the page out entirely. The author advocates resolution by committee and not necessarily by a group of experts in the questioned field. It closes what otherwise was a very interesting read with drivel. I would have given the book a 4 star rating, but that Epilogue killed it. ( )2  WholeHouseLibrary | Feb 26, 2009 | The feuds included in this book showed a variety of ways in which resolution can take place. One method not included that I'd like to mention is resolution by a commission, or study group. This approach can be useful in helping resolve social issues, including such questions as the desirability of nuclear power or whether the greenhouse effect is really upon us. And that, gentle reader, is when - had my lovely wife not been sleeping at the time - the book would have been thrown across the room with great force. ( http://weblog.siliconcerebrate.com/cerebrate/2008/04/-theamazoninsertto-the-righ... ) ( )2 |  libraryofus | Apr 11, 2008 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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The dramatic stories of ten historic feuds: How they altered the course of discovery-and shaped the modern world Hall 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. Unusual insight into the development of science . . . I was excited by this book and enthusiastically recommend it to general as well as scientific audiences. -American Scientist Hellman has assembled a series of entertaining tales. . . . many fine examples of heady invective without parallel in our time. -Nature An entertaining and informative account of the unusual personalities and sometimes bitter rivalries of some of the world's greatest scientific minds. -Publishers Weekly A fascinating new book which details some of the most famous disputes of the ages.-Courier Mail Dry science history turns into entertaining reading without sacrificing historical accuracy. -The Christchurch Press Great 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 Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)509.22Natural sciences and mathematics General Science History, geographic treatment, biography Biography History of Science -- general worksLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: (3.44)
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