The Undergrowth of Science
Subtitle: Delusion, Self-Deception and Human Frailty
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: November 9, 2000
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9780198507079
First sentence: The affair of the N-rays is the best and most widely analysed example of tribal delusion in the history of science.
Description: Tells the stories of incidents in the history of scientific discovery in which faulty conclusions were reached by scientists who, despite evidence to the contrary, insisted their findings were correct.