| Description |
ix, 287 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Note |
"LeVay, a neuroscientist and author of popular-science books, relates a dozen stories involving science going, in his words, 'spectacularly, even horribly, wrong.' A man who receives a cutting-edge treatment for Parkinson's later dies, possibly as a result of the treatment; a group of researchers enters an active volcano, under the mistaken belief that it's dormant; a NASA exploratory mission fails; forensic evidence fingers the wrong man; and so on."--David Pitt. |
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"A Plume book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-287). |
| Subject |
Errors, Scientific -- Popular works.
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Science -- Popular works.
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| ISBN |
9780452289321 (trade pbk.) |
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0452289327 (trade pbk.) |
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