The Baltimore Case: A Trial of Politics, Science, and Character (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780393319705)

David Baltimore won the Nobel Prize in medicine in 1975. Known as a wunderkind in the field of immunology, he rose quickly through the ranks of the scientific community to become the president of the distinguished Rockefeller University. Less than a year and a half later, Baltimore resigned from his presidency, citing the personal toll of fighting a long battle over an allegedly fraudulent paper he had collaborated on in 1986 while at MIT. From the beginning, the Baltimore case provided a moveable feast for those eager to hold science more accountable to the public that subsidizes its research. Did Baltimore stonewall a legitimate government inquiry? Or was he the victim of witch hunters? The Baltimore Case tells the complete story of this complex affair, reminding us how important the issues of government oversight and scientific integrity have become in a culture in which increasingly complicated technology widens the divide between scientists and society.

Author: Daniel J. Kevles, Daniel Kelves
ISBN-10: 0393319709
ISBN-13: 9780393319705
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2000
Pages: 510
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.51lbs
Size: 9.23h x 6.10w x 0.81d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 02/13/2000 pg. 32