Hellman tells the lively stories of ten of the most outrageous and intriguing disputes from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries. Bringing the cataclysmic clash of ideas and personalities to colorful life, Hellman explores both the science and the spirit of the times. Along the way, he reveals that scientific feuds are fueled not only by the purest of intellectual disagreements, but also by intransigence, ambition, jealousy, politics, faith, and the irresistible human urge to be right.

Hal Hellman is the internationally acclaimed author of 26 popular science books, including the six-book series The World of the Future. He has also written science articles for such publications as the New York Times, Omni, Reader's Digest, Psychology Today, and Geo. In his book, Hellman "reveals just how human scientists can be."—San Diego Union-Tribune 02 Wiley Imprint Code List JW Wiley John Wiley & Sons 19990827 1998 01 000 01 234.5 mm 02 157.5 mm 03 16.9 mm 08 11.52 oz John Wiley & Sons IP 48 01 T 16.95 0471350974 03 0471350974 BB The Inextinguishable Symphony A True Story of Music and Love in Nazi Germany 1 A01 Martin Goldsmith Goldsmith, Martin Martin Goldsmith eng 352 BIO006000 2.3 01 Advance Praise for the Inextinguishable Symphony "A Fascinating Insight into a Virtually Unknown Chapter of Nazi Rule in Germany, Made all the More Engaging through a Sons Discovery of His Own Remarkable Parents." Ted Koppel, ABC News "An Immensely Moving and Powerful Description of those Evil Times. I couldnt Put the Book Down." James Galway "Martin Goldsmith has Written a Moving and Personal Account of a Search for Identity. His is a Story that will Touch All Readers with Its Integrity. This is not about Exorcising Ghosts, but Rather Awakening Passions that no One Ever Knew Existed. This is a Journey Everyone should Take." Leonard Slatkin, Music Director National Symphony Orchestra "For Years Ive been Familiar with Martin Goldsmiths Musical Expertise. This Book Explains the Source of His Knowledge and His Passion for the Subject. In Tracking the Extraordinary Story of His Parents and the Jewish Kulturbund, Martin Unfolds a Little-Known Piece of Holocaust History, and Finds Depths in His Own Heart that Warm the Hearts of Readers." Susan Stamberg, Special Correspondent National Public Radio "[A] Strong and Painful Book, Well-Written, Well-Researched, Moving, and Very Instructive." Ned Rorem, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer 04 02 Prelude. Alex and Gnnther. Julian and Rosemarie. 1933. The Kubu. The Mask. PathTtique. La Vie BohFme. Kurt Singer. A Protest in Paris. Chocolate and Canaries. Two Newspapers. The March. Vaterland und Vaterhaus. "One Slap after the Other". Prinzenstrasse. Sempre Libera. New World—and Old. Appointment in Quito. Eine Kleine Curfew Music. The Resurrection Symphony. The Inextinguishable Symphony. "Crying Like Dogs." "It Will Be on Your Conscience". Coda. Acknowledgments. Bibliography. Index.MARTIN GOLDSMITH is senior commentator for National Public Radio. From 1989 to 1999, he was host of Performance Today, NPRs daily classical music program. Prior to that he served for a dozen years at NPR member station WETA-FM in Washington, D.C., as producer, announcer, music director, and program director.

Acknowledgments

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Introduction

xi

Urban viii versus Galileo

1

(20)

An Unequal Contest

Wallis versus Hobbes

21

(18)

Squaring the Circle

Newton versus Leibniz

39

(24)

A Clash of Titans

Voltaire versus Needham

63

(18)

The Generation Controversy

Darwin's Bulldog versus Soapy Sam

81

(24)

Evolution Wars

Lord Kelvin versus Geologists and Biologists

105

(16)

The Age of the Earth

Cope versus Marsh

121

(20)

The Fossil Feud

Wegener versus Everybody

141

(18)

Continental Drift

Johanson versus the Leakeys

159

(18)

The Missing Link

Derek Freeman versus Margaret Mead

177

(17)

Nature versus Nurture

Epilogue

194

(1)

Notes

195

(12)

Bibliography

207

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Index

229

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