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Arthur Stanley Eddington and Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

The row that exploded between Eddington and Chandrasekhar over the death of stars.

First broadcast: 29 Jul 2004

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Trofim Denisovitch Lysenko and Nikolai Ivanovitch Vavilov

The dispute between Vavilov and Lysenko in 1920s Russia over food production.

First broadcast: 22 Jul 2004

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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.

First broadcast: 15 Jul 2004

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Joseph Priestley and Antoine Laurent Lavoisier

Joseph Priestley and Antoine Lavoisier both claimed the discovery of oxygen.

First broadcast: 25 Apr 2006

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Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

The great clash that occurred between Newton and Leibniz over the discovery of calculus.

First broadcast: 01 Jul 2004

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