As television emerged as a major cultural and economic force, many imagined that the medium would enhance civic education for topics like science. And, indeed, television soon offered a breathtaking banquet of scientific images and ideas - both factual and fictional. Mr. Wizard performed experiments[...]

False data published by a psychologist influence policies for treating the mentally retarded. A Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist resigns the presidency of Rockefeller University in the wake of a scandal involving a co-author accused of fabricating data. A university investigating committee de[...]

Building on the strengths of the highly successful first edition, the extensively updated "Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory" presents a complete state-of-the-art survey, written by an international team of leading moral philosophers. A new edition of this successful and highly regarded "Guide," now[...]