Great confrontations in science. Ten most exciting disputes. Hellman Kh.
Great confrontations in science. A fascinating story about ten historical disputes: how they changed the course of discoveries and formed the modern world.
Hal Hellman tells interesting stories about the ten most unusual and intriguing disputes of the XVII -XX centuries. Filling life to the struggle of ideas and bright personalities, Hellman describes not only science, but also the spirit of that time. At the same time, he proves that not only intellectual confrontation is based on scientific disputes, but also intransigence, vanity, envy, political intrigue, religious beliefs and an insurmountable desire of a person to always be right.
Hellman gathered a number of interesting stories... There are many striking examples of violent disputes that have no analogues today. ” Nature
| Characteristics | |
| A country | Russia |
| Author | Hellman Hal |
| Kit | No |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| The year of publishing | 2018 |
| Type of cover | Soft binding |
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