Physicists in Conflict: From Antiquity to the New Millennium (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780750305099)

Physicists in Conflict: From Antiquity to the New Millennium examines the nature of conflict in science through examples chosen from the history of physics. These cases fall into three broad themes: physicists in conflict with religion, conflict between physicists on significant scientific issues, and physicists in conflict with each other and politicians on matters of public policy with scientific content. Conflict is singled out as a common element in otherwise disparate areas precisely because it has characteristics that are common to the different cases, and sometimes the similarities are remarkable, such as in the cases of Galileo and Oppenheimer.

Author: Neil A. Porter
ISBN-10: 0750305096
ISBN-13: 9780750305099
Publisher: CRC Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1998
Pages: 294
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.36lbs
Size: 9.46h x 6.36w x 0.85d