Hush Hush: The Dark Secrets of Scientific Research

by Michael Jordan

Book Overview

Recent scientific and technological discoveries have produced a stunning amount of unintended consequences. For every success there are tens or hundreds of failures. Some of these failures are... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1552976084
• ISBN13: 9781552976081
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.1" x 10.2"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

180+ Pages of Cautionary Tales

Though an old book (and apparently out of print), this is still an important book for the library of any reader who wonders about the past and future of medicine. The first chapter pulls you right in, as it provides a horrific overview of The Union Carbide factory and the tragic death toll in Northern India. The rest of the book follows the template provided in the first chapter where it offers a series of real world stories and case studies where science and medicine has put profit before people, with the outcome resulting in the loss of lives. It's too bad that this book is out of print. As we re-enter the age of Stem Cell Research, books like this one will be crucial in informing us all about the dubious promises made by our mavericks of medicine.