Prize Fight

Prize Fight: The Race and the Rivalry to be the First in Science (MacSci) [Hardcover]

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Prize Fight: The Race and the Rivalry to be the First in Science
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We often think of scientists as dispassionate and detached, nobly laboring without any expectation of reward. But scientific research is much more complicated and messy than this ideal, and scientists can be torn by jealousy, impelled by a need for recognition, and subject to human vulnerability and fallibility. In Prize Fight , Emeritus Chair at SUNY School of Medicine Morton Meyers pulls back the curtain to reveal the dark side of scientific discovery. From allegations of stolen authorship to fabricated results and elaborate hoaxes, he shows us how too often brilliant minds are reduced to petty jealousies and promising careers cut short by disputes over authorship or fudged data.

Prize Fight is a dramatic look at some of the most notable discoveries in science in recent years, from the discovery of insulin, which led to decades of infighting and even violence, to why the 2003 Nobel Prize in Medicine exposed how often scientific objectivity is imperiled.

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• Series: MacSci
• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Trade; 1 edition (June 5, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0230338909
• ISBN-13: 978-0230338906
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #977,904 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Dr. M. Rafiqul Awal (dr.rafiqul.awal@gmail.com)
I have bought the book twice and read twice, esp. the sad saga on MRI. Cool facts, hitherto unknown, researched and served in this rare-of-its-kind book by Prof. Morton Meyers have given us thought provoking stories that are as important as the great contributions that Nobel-recognized discoveries and inventions have given to our civilization! The very brief reference to the crucial contributions of Dr. Waylon V. House has been testified to me by Dr. House himself, who's now my colleague at Texas Tech (Dept of Petroleum Engineering). I have heard the "rest of the story", right from the horse’s mouth, that I wish Prof. Meyers could include in this book. The untold yet very important story relates to the design conceptions, invention and fabrication of key technology hardware and software that modern MRI needed to be born, and these were NOT done by the “official” inventor—Prof. Paul Lauterbur. It was the young and genius that MIT had produced--Waylon to be precise, that Paul had to approach and employ as a post doctorate. Working with another genius, Ching-Ming Lai, Waylon built the complete MRI machine, and took the FIRST modern MRI image of a jalapeno that knocked the socks off those attending the first press conference addressed by Paul to herald to the world about the birth of modern MRI. Yet when asked by journalists if there were some other bright minds behind this birth, Paul answered in the negative. The author, Prof. Morton Meyers couldn’t tell us if Paul had lied through his teeth. But Waylon is still alive, not fuming in rage at Paul but opting to bury his sad saga. I am truly privileged to have earned his friendship that led to a long audience from him.

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