Describes a number of stories that eventually turned out to be hoaxes including extraterrestrial visitors at Roswell, New Mexico, Piltdown Man, and crop circles.
how the biggest fraud in physics shook the scientific world
Reich, Eugenie Samuel
2009
Discusses the scientific scandal that arose when researchers at Bell Laboratories discovered that wunderkind physicist Jan Hendrik Sch?n falsified his data to prove that he had discovered a simpler way to make transistors, which would have drastically improved energy technology.
Discusses the ways that scientific research can be faulty, inadequate, or phony, how this type of research can affect your life, and how you can know the difference between good science and bad science.
