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Galileo's Revenge - by Peter W Huber (Paperback)

Galileo's Revenge - by  Peter W Huber (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A scathing indictment of the growing role of junk science in our courtrooms. Peter W. Huber shows how time and again lawyers have usedand the courts have acceptedspurious claims by so-called expert"<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>A scathing indictment of the growing role of junk science in our courtrooms. Peter W. Huber shows how time and again lawyers have used--and the courts have accepted--spurious claims by so-called expert witnesses to win astronomical judgments that have bankrupted companies, driven doctors out of practice, and deprived us all of superior technologies and effective, life-saving therapies.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>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 <i>Hard Green</i>, <i>Liability</i>, and <i>Galileo's Revenge</i>. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland. <b>Peter W. Huber, </b> 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.

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