Galileo's Revenge Junk Science in ihe

This is a book about scientific cranks and iconoclasts who peddle their strange diagnostics and quack cures not at country fairs but in courtrooms across the land.

Peter Huber is a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute's Center for Legal Policy, where he specializes in issues related to technology, science, and law. His previous books include Hard Green, Liability, and Galileo's Revenge. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland. Peter W. Huber, an M.I.T.-trained engineer and a Harvard law graduate, has also taught at M.I.T. and formerly clerked for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. A Manhattan Institute Fellow, he lives in Washington, D.C.

Preface to the Paperback Edition

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Introduction

1

(8)

PART I The Lawyer and the Scientist Trade Places

Liability Science

9

(15)

Better Living Through Litigation

The Science of Things That Aren't So

24

(15)

Junk Science and Its Origins

PART II Law and Pseudoscience

The Midas Touch

39

(18)

How Money Causes Disease

Sudden Acceleration

57

(18)

Runaway Panic in the Mass Media

Gadgets and Knives

75

(17)

Cashing In on Magical Cures

No Immunity

92

(19)

Chemicals Cause Everything

Nausea

111

(19)

The Massed Legal Attack

The Paranoia Plebiscite

130

(18)

The Legal Pursuit of Fad Terrors

Harmonious Coupling

148

(23)

Ignoring the Environment

PART III The Rule of Fact

The Cargo Cult

171

(21)

Does Liability Science Work?

Stopping Points

192

(22)

Confronting Malpractice on the Witness Stand

Science and Certitude

214

(15)

Notes

229

(32)

Acknowledgments

261

(2)

Index

263

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Galileo's Revenge Junk Science in ihe Courtroom

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