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• catalog abstract "How the pursuit of money and recognition has helped to compromise and corrupt scientific research in America ... Evidence of scientific fraud has splashed across the front pages of the nations newspapers and magazines in recent months, from stories of doctored data in what has become known as the Baltimore case, to Stanford University president Donald Kennedy's alleged misuse of university funds, and his subsequent resignation. In Impure Science, Robert Bell removes the veil of secrecy from the entire process of how science is funded in the United States, and shows why data manipulation and political influence increasingly become part of the scientific landscape. With more scientists scrambling after fewer research dollars, the pressure on scientists to justify their research with notable results encourages some to alter their research or overstate their results. In case after case, from the halls of the National Science Foundation to the backrooms of Congress, from private corporations to public universities, Dr. Bell provides detailed examples of scientific research gone awry. Culled from whistle-blowing investigations and inside sources, Impure Science shows how science funding is influenced by porkbarrel politics within science organizations; how scientists, eager to cash in on "breakthrough" discoveries, begin manufacturing and developing the fruits of their discoveries before the results have been substantiated; and how, as in the Baltimore case, some scientists go so far as to alter data when it does not support the conclusions they had hoped to find. The most disturbing aspect of Dr. Bell's investigation, however, is the fact that scientific institutions are often more interested in covering up fraud, than exposing or addressing it. For all those interested in the pursuit of scientific truth, Impure Science offers a sobering--and necessary--reevaluation.".
• catalog contributor b3695021.
• catalog created "c1992.".
• catalog date "1992".
• catalog date "c1992.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1992.".
• catalog description "How the pursuit of money and recognition has helped to compromise and corrupt scientific research in America ... Evidence of scientific fraud has splashed across the front pages of the nations newspapers and magazines in recent months, from stories of doctored data in what has become known as the Baltimore case, to Stanford University president Donald Kennedy's alleged misuse of university funds, and his subsequent resignation. In Impure Science, Robert Bell removes the veil of secrecy from the entire process of how science is funded in the United States, and shows why data manipulation and political influence increasingly become part of the scientific landscape. With more scientists scrambling after fewer research dollars, the pressure on scientists to justify their research with notable results encourages some to alter their research or overstate their results. In case after case, from the halls of the National Science Foundation to the backrooms of Congress, from private corporations to public universities, Dr. Bell provides detailed examples of scientific research gone awry. Culled from whistle-blowing investigations and inside sources, Impure Science shows how science funding is influenced by porkbarrel politics within science organizations; how scientists, eager to cash in on "breakthrough" discoveries, begin manufacturing and developing the fruits of their discoveries before the results have been substantiated; and how, as in the Baltimore case, some scientists go so far as to alter data when it does not support the conclusions they had hoped to find. The most disturbing aspect of Dr. Bell's investigation, however, is the fact that scientific institutions are often more interested in covering up fraud, than exposing or addressing it. For all those interested in the pursuit of scientific truth, Impure Science offers a sobering--and necessary--reevaluation.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [268]-291) and index.".
• catalog description "Short changed: The breakdown of peer review at the National Science Foundation -- Handing out the big money: Neither science nor sense -- Super science and politics -- Doctoring data: Malfeasance in basic research -- Impure profit: Marketing medicine in scientific research -- Corporate cash: Conflicts of interest in research funding -- The Pentagon science game -- Where do we go from here? -- Notes -- Index.".
• catalog extent "xvi, 301 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Impure science.".
• catalog identifier "0471529133 (cloth : alk. paper) :".
• catalog isFormatOf "Impure science.".
• catalog issued "1992".
• catalog issued "c1992.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Wiley,".
• catalog relation "Impure science.".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "507.2073 20".
• catalog subject "Conflict of Interest United States.".
• catalog subject "Ethics, Professional United States.".
• catalog subject "Fraud in science United States.".
• catalog subject "Q175.37 .B45 1992".
• catalog subject "Research Moral and ethical aspects United States.".
• catalog subject "Research United States.".
• catalog subject "Scientific Misconduct United States.".
• catalog subject "W 20.5 B435i 1992".
• catalog tableOfContents "Short changed: The breakdown of peer review at the National Science Foundation -- Handing out the big money: Neither science nor sense -- Super science and politics -- Doctoring data: Malfeasance in basic research -- Impure profit: Marketing medicine in scientific research -- Corporate cash: Conflicts of interest in research funding -- The Pentagon science game -- Where do we go from here? -- Notes -- Index.".
• catalog title "Impure science : fraud, compromise, and political influence in scientific research / Robert Bell.".
• catalog type "text".