On fact and fraud
Subtitle: cautionary tales from the front lines of science
By: David Goodstein.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Princeton
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780691139661
Subjects: Fraud in science; Research -- Moral and ethical aspects
Description: Fraud in science is not as easy to identify as one might think. When accusations of scientific misconduct occur, truth can often be elusive, & the cause of a scientist's ethical misstep isn't always clear. This book looks at actual cases in which fraud was committed or alleged, explaining what constitutes scientific misconduct & what doesn't.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Setting the stage; title: In the matter of Robert Andrews Millikan; title: Bad news in biology; title: Codifying misconduct : evolving approaches in the 1990s; title: The cold fusion chronicles; title: Fraud in physics; title: The breakthrough that wasn't too good to be true; title: What have we learned?