by Federico Di Trocchio · Alianza Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420607696
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«Las mentiras de la ciencia» is the essay by Federico Di Trocchio published by Alianza Editorial in paperback (465 pages, in Spanish).
Starting from the idea that deception is also a science, Di Trocchio describes the methods of «engañología»: bibliographic tricks, manipulation of experiments, invented data, and rigged statistics. The essay surveys historical frauds by famous scientists and explains how the shift from vocational science to funded profession favored institutionalized lying.
Work translated from Italian by Constanza V. Meyer (original title: «Le bugie della scienza»), published in the El libro de bolsillo collection, no. 1769, Science and Technology section. Prismas Casa de las Ciencias Award for Science Communication in 1996.
A popular science work for those interested in the history of science and the ethical dilemmas of research.
