Plastic Fantastic: How the Biggest Fraud in Physics Shook the Scientific World
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Plastic Fantastic: How the Biggest Fraud in Physics Shook the Scientific World is a 2009 book by American
-based science reporter Eugenie Samuel Reich. She investigates how Jan Hendrik Schön
, a young physicist working in the field of advanced microelectronics at Bell Labs
, was able to repeatedly fabricate scientific results to mislead his collaborators, journal editors, and the scientific community
. The book is based on interviews with 126 scientists.
The book carries ISBN 978-0-230-22467-4, and was initially published by Palgrave MacMillan.
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-based science reporter Eugenie Samuel Reich. She investigates how Jan Hendrik Schön
Jan Hendrik Schön
The Schön scandal concerns German physicist Jan Hendrik Schön who briefly rose to prominence after a series of apparent breakthroughs with semiconductors that were later discovered to be fraudulent...
, a young physicist working in the field of advanced microelectronics at Bell Labs
Bell Labs
Bell Laboratories is the research and development subsidiary of the French-owned Alcatel-Lucent and previously of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company , half-owned through its Western Electric manufacturing subsidiary.Bell Laboratories operates its...
, was able to repeatedly fabricate scientific results to mislead his collaborators, journal editors, and the scientific community
Scientific community
The scientific community consists of the total body of scientists, its relationships and interactions. It is normally divided into "sub-communities" each working on a particular field within science. Objectivity is expected to be achieved by the scientific method...
. The book is based on interviews with 126 scientists.
The book carries ISBN 978-0-230-22467-4, and was initially published by Palgrave MacMillan.
Reviews
- Fascinating, startling and highly readable. If you thought science was as pure as the driven snow, prepare to be shocked.
See also
- List of books about the politics of science
- The Great Betrayal: Fraud In ScienceThe Great Betrayal: Fraud In ScienceThe Great Betrayal: Fraud In Science is a 2004 book by Horace Freeland Judson. The book explains that science as a discipline is not immune to fraud, and the book surveys many cases where scientific misconduct by aberrant scientists have threatened the reliability and foundations of the scientific...