On fact and fraud : cautionary tales from the front lines of science / David Goodstein.

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2010], ©2010.

xiv, 168 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Setting the stage -- In the matter of Robert Andrews Millikan -- Bad news in biology -- Codifying misconduct : evolving approaches in the 1990s -- The cold fusion chronicles -- Fraud in physics -- The breakthrough that wasn't too good to be true -- What have we learned?