Daniel J. Kevles
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The Baltimore Case: A Trial of Politics, Science, and Character
Daniel J. Kevles
The most significant clash of science and principle in our time—a dramatic witch hunt played out in the scientific arena.
David Baltimore won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1975, at the age of thirty-seven. A leading researcher and respected public figure, Baltimore rose steadily through the ranks of the scientific community; in 1990, he was named president of world-renowned Rockefeller University. Less than a year and a half later, Baltimore was forced to resign amid public allegations of fraud.
Daniel Kevles’s penetrating investigation of what became…
