Acid tongues and tranquil dreamers
Subtitle: tales of bitter rivalry that fueled the advancement of science and technology
By: Michael White.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Morrow; William Morrow
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 430
ISBN-13: 9780380977543
Subjects: Science -- History.; Technology -- History.; Competition (Psychology)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : The long road to reason; title: Second inventors count for nothing : Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz, 1673-1716; title: The fanatic and the tax collector : Antoine Lavoisier and Joseph Priestley, 1774-1794; title: Of monkeys and men : Charles Darwin and Richard Owen, 1859-1882; title: The battle of the currents : Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison, 1884-1893; title: Of atom bombs and human beings : the Allies and the Axis powers, 1939-1945; title: The race for the prize : Francis Crick and James Watson versus Linus Pauling versus Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins, 1951-1953; title: Reaching for the moon : the United States and the Soviet Union, 1957-1969; title: The battle of the cyber-kings : Bill Gates and Larry Ellison, 1995-; title: Conclusion : Winded by feather punches