Science in Dispute

Neil Schlager is the president of the editorial service, Schlager Information Group, and has edited a variety of reference works. The volume I have for review is the first in a new series on disputed areas of science. To produce this work Schlager has been assisted by an advisory board of seven academics and a team of over 30 contributors. There are around 30 entries in each volume grouped in seven themes: astronomy and space exploration, earth sciences, engineering, life sciences, mathematics and computer science, medicine and physical sciences. For each topic there is a neutral introduction followed by the...