Galileo's revenge : junk science in the courtroom / Peter W. Huber.
1991
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Title
Galileo's revenge : junk science in the courtroom / Peter W. Huber.
Published
[New York, N.Y.] : Basic Books, [1991]
Copyright
©1991
Call Number
K487.S3 H82 1991
ISBN
0465026230 :
Description
viii, 274 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)23767354
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-259) and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
1
Pt. I
The Lawyer and the Scientist Trade Places
Ch. 1Liability Science: Better Living Through Litigation
9
Ch. 2The Science of Things That Aren't So: Junk Science and Its Origins
24
Pt. II
Law and Pseudoscience
Ch. 3The Midas Touch: How Money Causes Disease
39
Ch. 4Sudden Acceleration: Runaway Panic in the Mass Media
57
Ch. 5Gadgets and Knives: Cashing In on Magical Cures
75
Ch. 6No Immunity: Chemicals Cause Everything
92
Ch. 7Nausea: The Massed Legal Attack
111
Ch. 8The Paranoia Plebiscite: The Legal Pursuit of Fad Terrors
130
Ch. 9Harmonious Coupling: Ignoring the Environment
148
Pt. III
The Rule of Fact
Ch. 10The Cargo Cult: Does Liability Science Work?
171
Ch. 11Stopping Points: Confronting Malpractice on the Witness Stand
192
Ch. 12Science and Certitude
214
Notes
229
Acknowledgments
261
Index
263