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Octavo; pp 463; VG-/VG-; creamy beige spine with black and beige text; first edition; dust jacket exterior shows slight wear, mostly to head edge; cloth exterior clean; lightly bumped tail spine edge; tight binding; exterior text block edges clean; light pencil to p 15; otherwise interior clean. 1354506. FP New Rockville Stock. Seller Inventory # 1354506
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Great Betrayal: Fraud in Science
Publisher: Harcourt, Inc, Orlando, Austin, New York
Publication Date: 2004
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: First Edition.
About this title
To make his case, Judson begins with some of the giants of science: Mendel, Darwin, Pasteur, Freud. It turns out that each of these men fudged their data in one way or another, whether by omitting numbers that didn't fit desired results, or manipulating photographs, or not using experimental controls. Judson recognizes that there are difficulties in examining historical scientists' behavior through a modern lens, and he deals with the associated complexities by asking tough questions: What if their cheating led to a correct answer? Where is the line between intuition and lying?
The Great Betrayal goes on to describe enough modern cases of scientific fraud to leave readers reeling. The most damning revelations in the book are those showing how whistle-blowers are treated by the scientific establishment, and Judson's showcase for this is Margot O'Toole, who called for correction or retraction of a paper co-authored by noted biologist David Baltimore and was subsequently vilified for her actions. The so-called "Baltimore case" became one of the ugliest and most revealing controversies in late-20th-century science. In the end, Judson offers hope that science may become truly open through electronic publishing. Whether the free exchange of criticism offered by the Internet will refresh science remains to be seen, but without learning from its defects, Judson writes, this great endeavor will ultimately fail. --Therese Littleton
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