Plastic fantastic: how the biggest fraud in physics shook the scientific world
Reich, Eugenie Samuel
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Schön's discovery of a plastic that worked as a superconductor was noted as ascientific triumph before revelations that his discoveries were fake. This book analyzes the fraud and considers pressures that force unscrupulous behaviour from science's rising stars. INDICE: Introduction Into the Woods Hendrik A Slave to Publication GreaterExpectations Not Ready to be a Product Journals with 'Special Status' Scientists Astray Plastic Fantastic The Nanotechnology Department The Fraud Taboo 'Game Over' Epilogue Notes and Additional References
- ISBN: 978-0-230-62384-2
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha Publicación: 21/05/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés