The Mass-Extinction Debates: How Science Works in a Crisis
- ISBN-10
- 0804722862
- ISBN-13
- 9780804722865
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 387
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Author
- William Glen
Description
This book examines the arguments and behavior of the scientists who have been locked in conflict over two competing theories to explain why, 65 million years ago, most life on earth—including the dinosaurs—perished.
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