Bad Science, Bad Journalism, Bad Policy
Gary Taubes
Monday, 06 Feb 1995 at 12:00 pm – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union
Gary Taubes is the author of Bad Science: The short Life and Weird Times of cold Fusion and Nobel dreams: Power, Deceit and the ultimate Experiment. He was on the staff of Discover magazine and has written for many publications including The New York Times, Science, The Atlantic and Esquire. He has an undergraduate degree in physics from Harvard, a master's in aerospace engineering from Stanford and a master's in journalism from Columbia.Part of the National Affairs Series
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