Betrayers of the truth
by William Broad · first published 1982
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…"Betrayers of Truth" [1] which I reluctantly recommend on that. The authors are sometimes a bit too harsh (e.g. about Millikan), but I think they have a point overall. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betrayers_of_the_Truth
on “Scientists believed Covid leaked from Wuhan lab, but feared debate could hurt” ↗…discourage that? > (and can give you examples if you really want to read them) Sure, I'd appreciate it. Especially if the articles/books covering them were not published in the recent years. I've read "Betrayers of the Truth" [1], so I know about the Piltdown Man [2] (which was apparently used to "prove" that earliest men were British), or that Cyril Burt [3] had most probably falsified data in his studies on heritability…