Brooks, Michael,  1970- <br/><br/>
Free radicals :  the secret anarchy of science / 
 Secret anarchy of science. 
Michael Brooks. 
 - 1st U.S. hardcover ed. 
 - New York :  Overlook Press,  2012. 
 - 311 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally published: Great Britain : Profile Books, 2011. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>How it begins : dreams, drugs and visions from God -- The delinquents : rules are there to be broken -- Masters of illusion : evidence isn't everything -- Playing with fire : no pain, no gain -- Sacrilege : breaking taboos is part of the game -- Fight club : there's no prize for the runner-up -- Defending the throne : Machiavelli would be proud -- In the line of fire : life on the barricades. 
<br/><br/> Reveals the extreme lengths to which scientists have gone to make discoveries, sharing colorful stories of drug use, mystical visions, and cheating by famous figures from Newton and Einstein to Watson and Crick. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781590208540 (hc) :  $27.95 1590208544 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Research--Psychological aspects--Popular works.<br/>Scientists--Psychology--Popular works.<br/>Research--Methodology--Popular works.<br/>Science--Moral and ethical aspects--Popular works.<br/>Research--Moral and ethical aspects--Popular works.<br/>Science--Philosophy--Popular works.<br/>Fraud in science--Popular works.<br/>Science--History--Popular works.<br/>Human behavior--Popular works.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>Q180.55.P75  / B76 2012 Q175.37  / .B76 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>500