Science Fictions: How Fraud, Bias, Negligence, and Hype Undermine the Search for Truth

Shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize

An insider’s view of science reveals why many scientific results cannot be relied upon – and how the system can be reformed.

“A highly readable and competent description of the problems facing researchers in the 21st century... An excellent primer for anyone who wants to understand why and how science is failing to live up to its ideals.”—Wired

Science is how we understand the world. Yet failures in peer review and mistakes in statistics hav...