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1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 168 pages)
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illustrations
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Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0691139660
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1282608258
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1400834570
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9780691139661
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9781282608252
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9781400834570
Inhalt:
Fraud in science is not as easy to identify as one might think. When accusations of scientific misconduct occur, truth can often be elusive, and the cause of a scientist's ethical misstep isn't always clear. On Fact and Fraud looks at actual cases in which fraud was committed or alleged, explaining what constitutes scientific misconduct and what doesn't, and providing readers with the ethical foundations needed to discern and avoid fraud wherever it may arise. In David Goodstein's varied experience--as a physicist and educator, and as vice provost at Caltech, a job in which he was responsible
Inhalt:
Setting the stage -- In the matter of Robert Andrews Millikan -- Bad news in biology -- Codifying misconduct : evolving approaches in the 1990s -- The cold fusion chronicles -- Fraud in physics -- The breakthrough that wasn't too good to be true -- What have we learned?
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780691139661
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0691139660
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Goodstein, David L., 1939- On fact and fraud Princeton, N.J : Princeton University Press, ©2010
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Physik
Schlagwort(e):
Betrug
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Forschung
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