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Publishing and Writing
Science Fraud
Astronomy

Publishing and Writing

• Dundurn Press
• Bloody Words
• Prime Crime Books
• Capital Crime Writers
• Canadian Science Writer's Association
• Crime Writers of Canada
• BoucherCon 2005 - Wicked Times in the Windy City

Science Fraud

Peer Trouble, by John Crace. The Guardian, Feb. 11, 2003. Article gives examples of some major fraud cases and examines our current system of ensuring the quality and integrity of research.

Fraud in Medical Research, by Richard Smith. Internet slide show that gives viewer a brief tour of research fraud covering one of the most dramatic examples in recent history. Also summarizes the major issues that need to be addressed. Smith is an editor at bmj.com, an online biomedical journal.

Mending Misconduct, by Eric Sabo. The Scientist, Nov. 5, 2003. Researcher’s punishment seeks balance between discipline and salvaging a promising career.

Alleged Fraud Cover-up Revealed, by Peg Brickley. The Scientist, March 3 2003. Theft of bacteria from lab staged to hide grant misuse.

After Research Fraud: MD? by Joe R. Neel. Physician’s Weekly, Dec.2, 1996. vol XIII, No. 45. Covers a case of a genetics student accused of fraud who may still be granted his M.D.

The Case of John Rowland Darsee. Events in the fraud case against John Darsee, a research fellow at Harvard and “shining star in the field of drugs and other interventions that aid recovery from heart attacks.”

Research Ethics, by Sharon Stoerger MLS, MBA. An exhaustive bibliography to web resources on scientific fraud and ethics.

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Astronomy

Gemini Telescope
National Research Council of Canada Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics
Canada France Hawaii Telescope

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