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Fakes and hoaxes / by Eason, Sarah,author.(CARDINAL)491257;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Tricky past -- Monstrous tricks -- History raider! Watery monster -- A giant joke? -- History raider! The Cardiff Giant -- Fairy fun -- History raider! Fooled by fairies -- A missing link? -- History raider! The Piltdown Man -- The Russian princess -- History raider! Anastasia's story -- Ongoing mysteries -- Mystery solved? -- Glossary -- Learning more -- Index."Fakes are objects or stories that seem real, but are not. Hoaxes are tricks that deceive people into believing things that are not true. From giants and lake monsters to lost princesses, follow along and gather evidence to find out why fakes and hoaxes capture the minds of so many."--870LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Curiosities and wonders; Fraud in science; Hoaxes;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Science fictions : how fraud, bias, negligence, and hype undermine the search for truth / by Ritchie, Stuart(Stuart J.),author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-340) and index.How science works -- The replication crisis -- Fraud -- Bias -- Negligence -- Hype -- Perverse incentives -- Fixing science."Science is how we understand the world. Yet critical flaws in peer review, statistical methods, and publication procedures have rendered a shocking number of scientific studies useless-or worse, badly misleading. Drawing on surprising new data from "meta-science" (the science of how science works), Science Fictions documents the errors that have distorted our knowledge on issues as varied as cancer biology, nutrition, genetics, immigration, education, and extraterrestrial life. Stuart Ritchie's own work challenging an infamous psychology experiment helped spark what's now widely known as the "replication crisis," the realization that many supposed scientific truths cannot be relied upon. Now, he reveals the very human biases, mistakes, and deceptions that undermine the scientific endeavor: from contamination in science labs to the secret vaults of failed studies that nobody gets to see; from outright cheating with fake data to the more common but still ruinous temptation to exaggerate mediocre results for a shot at scientific fame. Yet Science Fictions is far from a counsel of despair. Rather, it's a defense of the scientific method against the pressures and perverse incentives that lead scientists to bend the rules. By illustrating the ways that science goes wrong, Ritchie gives us the knowledge we need to spot dubious research, and points the way to reforms that might save science from itself"--
Subjects: Errors, Scientific.; Fraud in science.; Research; Science; Science;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Junk science : how politicians, corporations, and other hucksters betray us / by Agin, D. P.(CARDINAL)780437;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-309) and index.pt. 1: The moons of Jupiter. Science, junk science, and dogma -- Fraud and fabrication in science -- pt. 2: Buyer beware. The food and diet circus : eat your way to happiness -- GM foods : Frankenstein in a corn patch -- Aging and longevity : live forever now -- Tobacco : drug dealing in America -- pt. 3: Medical follies. Junk medicine, big pharma, big profits -- Quack doctoring : It's a free country, isn't it? -- Health care in America : sorry, not for everyone -- The talk-therapy flea market -- pt. 4: Poison and bombs in the greenhouse. Pollution : private interest and public poison -- Missiles and terrorism : no place to hide -- Global warming : yes, your beach house may be gone -- pt. 5: Religion, embryos, and cloning. Creationism : the world as an egg -- Stem cells : the petri dish blues -- Cloning : Will we have a hundred Jerry Falwells? -- pt. 6: Genes, behavior, and race. Genes and behavior : you need a golf gene here -- Race and IQ : two myths make a bumble -- pt. 7: On truth and lies. Our failures : Is anyone innocent?
Subjects: Science; Fraud in science.; Pressure groups.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Suppressed inventions and other discoveries / by Eisen, Jonathan.(CARDINAL)178099;
Includes bibliographic references and index.I. The suppression of alternative medical therapies -- II. The suppression of unorthodox science -- III. The suppression of UFO technologies & extraterrestrial contact -- IV. The suppression of fuel savers & alternate energy resources.
Subjects: Cancer; Discoveries in science.; Fraud in science.; Medical innovations.; Renewable energy sources.; Unidentified flying objects;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A hope unburied / by Woodhouse, Kimberley,1973-author.(CARDINAL)353143;
"Eliza Mills's paleontology career has led her to Dinosaur National Monument. When one of her pseudonymous papers gains fame, she asks her friend Devin Schmitt to pose as the paper's author. He agrees - until Eliza disappears. As a sinister plot unfolds, Devin must rescue Eliza from those who want her to fail - at any cost"--
Subjects: Christian fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Women paleontologists; Missing persons; Fraud in science; Deception;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 12
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A hope unburied [large print] / by Woodhouse, Kimberley,1973-author.(CARDINAL)353143;
"In 1916, Eliza Mills defies societal expectations to pursue her passion. Having published her early groundbreaking papers under a false name, she has finally earned the opportunity to work with a renowned paleontologist. But when Eliza gets the chance to dig up bones at a ranch with a dark history, it sparks a chain of events that will rock the very fabric of her world. Devin Schmitt, Eliza's closest friend, agrees to visit her. Within a few days of his arrival, he and Eliza find themselves entangled in a web of danger. Together, Devin and Eliza must unbury the truth and save Eliza from those who wish to see her fail."--
Subjects: Large print books.; Christian fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Women paleontologists; Missing persons; Fraud in science; Deception;
Available copies: 13 / Total copies: 13
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Frauds, myths, and mysteries : science and pseudoscience in archaeology / by Feder, Kenneth L.,author.(CARDINAL)737655;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-218) and index."A humorous yet informative and scientific text that helps students to critically debunk archaeological myths and understand how we know what we know"--Back cover.
Subjects: Forgery of antiquities.; Archaeology.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Nibbling on Einstein's brain : the good, the bad & the bogus in science / by Swanson, Diane,1944-(CARDINAL)317649; Clark, W.,illustrator.(CARDINAL)521194; Clark, W.(CARDINAL)521194;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 96-97) and index.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Science; Fraud in science; Sciences; Fraude scientifique;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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The Baltimore case : a trial of politics, science, and character / by Kevles, Daniel J.,1939-(CARDINAL)740241;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-486) and index.
Subjects: Baltimore, David.; Imanishi-Kari, Thereza.; O'Toole, Margot.; Cellular immunity; Fraud in science.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Free radicals : the secret anarchy of science / by Brooks, Michael,1970-(CARDINAL)655817;
Includes bibliographical references and index.How it begins : dreams, drugs and visions from God -- The delinquents : rules are there to be broken -- Masters of illusion : evidence isn't everything -- Playing with fire : no pain, no gain -- Sacrilege : breaking taboos is part of the game -- Fight club : there's no prize for the runner-up -- Defending the throne : Machiavelli would be proud -- In the line of fire : life on the barricades.Reveals the extreme lengths to which scientists have gone to make discoveries, sharing colorful stories of drug use, mystical visions, and cheating by famous figures from Newton and Einstein to Watson and Crick.
Subjects: Fraud in science; Human behavior; Research; Research; Research; Science; Science; Science; Scientists;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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