David Wootton

How far can we trust the men in lab coats?

Stuart Ritchie describes an epidemic of fraud in scientific research. But in fact standards have much improved over the past decade

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issue 11 July 2020

  • Science Fictions: Exposing Fraud, Bias, Negligence and Hype in Science

    Stuart Ritchie

    Bodley Head, pp. 368, £18

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