Explore the Google Earth QUEST for Great Feuds in Science: Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever, by Hal Hellman.

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Description from John Wiley & Sons, Inc., publishers of Great Feuds in Science:

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 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.

The file included here contains questions for each chapter of the book.  The questions fall across different levels of Bloom's taxonomic scale.

In the classroom, these questions are also appropriate for a Gallery Walk exercise (learn more about this pedagogical technique).

PDF file of questions for student assignments, group discussion, or personal reflection.
    

The following file contains a list of vocabulary terms, geographic place names, and scientist and professional organization names for each chapter in the book.  It is suggested the reader review this information before viewing the Google Earth file and/or reading the book.

PDF file with a listing of terms, locations, and names from each chapter.
   

The following quotes from the book should serve as a foundation for some very engaging discussions and reflection.

PDF file with quotes from each chapter.
    

Here is an interesting New York Times article titled What fuels progress in science? Sometimes, a Feud (September 14, 1999).

CBS News reports on A year of feuds and fraud for science (December 15, 2006).

View the Top 10 Science Feuds, according to the Science Channel.

Books related to this topic include Great Feuds in Medicine and Great Feuds in Mathematics.