Fraud in the Lab

The High Stakes of Scientific Research

Nicolas Chevassus-au-Louis

Translated by Nicholas Elliott

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$35.00 • £28.95 • €31.50

ISBN 9780674979451

Publication Date: 08/13/2019

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224 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

10 illus.

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Preface
1. Big Fraud, Little Lies
2. Serial Cheaters
3. Storytelling and Beautification
4. Researching for Results
5. Corporate Cooking
6. Skewed Competition
7. Stealing Authorship
8. The Funding Effect
9. There Is No Profile
10. Toxic Literature
11. Clinical Trials
12. The Jungle of Journal Publishing
13. Beyond Denial
14. Scientific Crime
15. Slow Science
Appendix
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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