Reviews for Great Feuds in Science Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever

The average rating for Great Feuds in Science Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-06-12 00:00:00 Larry Plemons Jr. I like the idea of this book, but the execution was a bit lacking. As the title promises, this book covers ten famous disputes from the history of science, from the persecution of Galileo to the recent allegations of Margaret Mead having been hoaxed. While the disputes themselves may have been lively, this book is not. Everything is presented very matter-of-factly. Part of that may be that, for at least most of them, the debate is long over, and what was once controversial is now all but trivial. It's worth keeping in mind that there were eminently intelligent people on both sides of all of these disputes, and it's mainly because we now have additional information that was simply not available to them at the time that we are able to see clearly that they were wrong. Hellman has done his research, and the book is rich in detail. It's a bit lacking in drama, but the subject matter is interesting enough to overcome that.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-04-09 00:00:00 Amanda Kiefner its kinda difficult to like a book when you disagree with the author on some rather large issue ie the theory of evolution vs creation (for me). I was expecting to see the issue being unravel by the author in a rather unbias fashion, but i didnt think that was the case with this one. however, it may probably be worth reading; it is certainly amusing and interesting to know real the person behind the big names in science such as Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Galileo Galilei, etc. They are certainly human being with their own idiosyncracies, and their own personal problems. It was more amusing to note that sometimes, the validity of a scientific theory depends on the acceptability of the theory by the public which most of the times depended on their ideology, their own interests, as well as the political and sociological situation.