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The Undergrowth of Science: Delusion, Self-Deception and Human Frailty
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The Undergrowth of Science: Delusion, Self-Deception and Human Frailty Hardcover - 2000

by Gratzer, Walter

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This insightful and often amusing book looks at why good scientists often go wrong, recounting the blind alleys that honest, dedicated researchers have wandered down. Photos and line illustrations.

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Oxford: Oxford University Press. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 2000. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 328 pp. .
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The affair of the N-rays is the best and most widely analysed example of tribal delusion in the history of science.

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Citations

  • Booklist, 10/15/2000, Page 398
  • Choice, 07/01/2001, Page 1978

About the author

Walter Gratzer is a biophysicist at the Randall Institute, King's College London. He is known to a wide readership through his book reviews, which appear regularly in Nature. His books include the Longman Literary Companion to Science and The Bedside Nature.