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Test Tubes and Tantrums

When great science minds collide the insults traded and the bile spilt can be both personal and scandalous. William Hartston examines some of the great arguments of science.

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Arthur Stanley Eddington and Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
The row that exploded between Eddington and Chandrasekhar over the death of stars.
29 Jul 2004,15 mins
Trofim Denisovitch Lysenko and Nikolai Ivanovitch Vavilov
The dispute between Vavilov and Lysenko in 1920s Russia over food production.
22 Jul 2004,15 mins
Henry Thomas De La Beche and Roderick Impey Murchison
Geologists Roderick Murchison and Henry de la Beche clashed over the age of Devon's rocks.
15 Jul 2004,15 mins
Joseph Priestley and Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
Joseph Priestley and Antoine Lavoisier both claimed the discovery of oxygen.
08 Jul 2004,15 mins
Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
The great clash that occurred between Newton and Leibniz over the discovery of calculus.
01 Jul 2004,15 mins