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- PublisherAllen Lane
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0713992778
- ISBN 13 9780713992779
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
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A Rum Affair how botany's 'piltdown man' was unmasked
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A Rum Affair: how Botany's "Piltdown Man" was unmasked
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Allen Lane, 1999
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hard covers, dust jacket. Condition: As new. Dust Jacket Condition: As new. 1st edition. Cutting of TLS review loosely inserted. A non-fictional 'whodunnit' about some very strange plant records from the Hebrides made by a Professor of Botany from Newcastle who turned out to have a very large chip on his shoulder. A mint copy of the first edition's first printing, with mint dust jacket. Weight: 1 Language: English. Seller Inventory # 11077
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A Rum Affair.
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Allen Lane, London, 1999
ISBN 10: 0713992778
ISBN 13: 9780713992779
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. ix, 224pp, index, notes, appendix, bw ills. Or black cloth in jacket. Slight edge wear to jacket.Professor JW Heslop Harrison aroused suspicion of scientific fraud in the 1940s after numerous 'discoveries' of new plant species on Rum Island in the Hebrides. A young Cambridge man infiltrated one of the professor's expeditions and the report was damning, accusing the professor of sytematic and persistent faking of his results. The report was buried in a Cambridge library for nearly fifty years and the professor continued his career. The author unearthed the report and used it as a starting point in unravelling a story that has been called 'the Piltdown Man of botany'. He uses the Rum Island affair to explore the roots of scientific fraud in general and the pressures that can drive an emineent scientist to believe that faking the data is sometimes justified. Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 018701
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A Rum Affair (Allen Lane Science S.)
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ISBN 10: 0713992778
ISBN 13: 9780713992779
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