how the biggest fraud in physics shook the scientific world /
Eugenie Samuel Reich
1st ed
266 pages :
illustrations,
25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-258) and index
Into the woods -- Hendrik -- A slave to publication -- Greater expectations -- Not ready to be a product -- Journals with "special status" -- Scientists astray -- Plastic fantastic -- The Nanotechnology Department -- The fraud taboo -- Game over
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This work presents an investigation of a scientific discovery that was revealed to be fraudulent by a journalist with a unique insight into the case. Schon's discovery of a plastic that worked as a superconductor was noted as a scientific triumph before revelations that his discoveries were fake