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

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Praise for Hal Hellman Great Feuds in Mathematics ""Those who think that mathematicians are cold, mechanical proving machines will do well to read Hellman's boo

This volume contains a collection of 10 feuds between some of the world's most enigmatic personalities, with an emphasis on the global issues often at stake and

Most science chronicles present a triumphant march through time, with revolutionary thinkers and their discoveries following in orderly progression. The truth,