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When Science Goes Wrong Twelve Tales from the Dark Side of Discovery

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ISBN-10: 0452289327

ISBN-13: 9780452289321

Edition: 2008

Authors: Simon LeVay

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Brilliant scientific successes have helped shape our world, and are always celebrated. However, for every victory, there are no doubt numerous little-known blunders. Neuroscientist Simon LeVay brings together a collection of fascinating, yet shocking, stories of failure from recent scientific history in When Science Goes Wrong.From the fields of forensics and microbiology to nuclear physics and meteorology, in When Science Goes Wrong LeVay shares twelve true essays illustrating a variety of ways in which the scientific process can go awry. Failures, disasters and other negative outcomes of science can result not only from bad luck, but from causes including failure to follow appropriate…    
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Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/25/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 7.75" wide x 5.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Simon LeVay, whose 1991 paper published in Science, "A difference in hypothalamic structure between homosexual and heterosexual men," attracted worldwide scientific and public attention, is Associate Professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and Adjunct Professor of Biology at the University of California, San Diego. He is presently Chair of the Steering Committee of the Institute of Gay and Lesbian Education, West Hollywood, a new college for the gay and lesbian community in Southern California.

Neuroscience: The Runner's Brain
Meteorology: All Quiet on the Western Front
Volcanology: The Crater of Doom
Neuroscience: The Ecstasy and the Agony
Engineering Geology: The Night the Dam Broke
Gene Therapy: The Genes of Death
Nuclear Physics: Meltdown
Microbiology: Gone with the Wind
Forensic Science: The Wrong Man
Space Science: Off Target
Speech Pathology: The Monster Study
Nuclear Chemistry: The Magic Island
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