{"product_id":"where-the-truth-lies-franz-moewus-and-the-origins-of-molecular-biology-paperback-9780521367516","title":"Where the Truth Lies; Franz Moewus and the Origins of Molecular Biology (Paperback) 9780521367516","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWhere the Truth Lies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFranz Moewus and the Origins of Molecular Biology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book covers the case of suspected fraud involving the tragic career of the molecular biologist Franz Moewus.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJan Sapp (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521367516, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 29 June 1990\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e352 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.46 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"The book does a superb job of unraveling the complexities inherent in assessing the validity of Moewus's work and its place in the history of life science....an important contribution to the history and philosophy of life science and a valuable addition to the studies of the social construction of scientific knowledge.\"   Lily E. Kay, Isis\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhere the Truth Lies is an absorbing account of a case of suspected fraud involving the tragic career of the molecular biologist Franz Moewus that illustrates all that can go wrong in scientific knowledge-making. Jan Sapp follows Moewus' meteoric flight among the greatest scientists of the twentieth century, to his denunciation as the perpetrator of one of the most ambitious cases of fraud in the history of science. The author reopens the case not to vindicate Moewus, but to show the lessons that the controversy reveals to the scientist. Professor Sapp demonstrates how what counts as evidence is negotiated in science, and reveals the difficulties scientists face in objectively testing the validity of their results. The author emphasizes the creative nature of science, the rhetorical nature of scientific reports, and the fictitious elements inherent in the construction and maintenance of scientific knowledge-making and knowledge-breaking claims.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Is science fiction?\u003cbr\u003e 2. Founding father fables: myth making in the history of genetics\u003cbr\u003e 3. Sex and the simple organism: the 'real' origin of molecular genetics?\u003cbr\u003e 4. Too good to be true and too true to be dismissed\u003cbr\u003e 5. Mendel revisited: are all genetic reports faked?\u003cbr\u003e 6. War crimes: gossip about Moewus and the failure of replication\u003cbr\u003e 7. Fostering a new generation of geneticists\u003cbr\u003e 8. Raising the stakes: a Nobel Prize for Moewus?\u003cbr\u003e 9. Big biology and the politics of the Rockefeller Foundation\u003cbr\u003e 10. Great expectations: Moewus abroad\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Woods Hole trials.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20science%20%5BPDX%5D%22\"\u003ePDX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005909750040,"sku":"9780521367516","price":36.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521367516i_4eb30b68-ead0-4d18-81c0-9052f78854cd.jpg?v=1691375784","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/where-the-truth-lies-franz-moewus-and-the-origins-of-molecular-biology-paperback-9780521367516","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}