Physicists in conflict

Introduction

Religion rampant: Hypatia, Roger Bacon, Giordano Bruno

Galileo and the Inquisition

Kepler

Internal conflict: the atomic theory and positivist philosophy

N-Rays

Einstein and the Copenhagen School

Oppenheimer and the AEC

Blackett, Cherwell, Tizard: operational research and total war

The big bang versus continuous creation

Multiple versus plural particle and photon production

Missing magnetic monopoles

Conclusions.