The Noble Lie: When Scientists Give the Right Answers for the Wrong Reasons

The Noble Lie: When Scientists Give the Right Answers for the Wrong ReasonsIs drug addiction really a disease? Is sexuality inborn and fixed or mutable? Science is where we often turn when we can't achieve moral clarity. In The Noble Lie, acclaimed and controversial science writer Gary Greenberg shows how scientists try to use their findings to resolve the dilemmas raised by some of the most hotly contested issues of our time, from gay rights to euthanasia and the drug war. He reveals how their answers often turn out to be

Is drug addiction really a disease? Is sexuality inborn and fixed or mutable? Science is where we often turn when we can't achieve moral clarity. In The Noble Lie, acclaimed and controversial science writer Gary Greenberg shows how scientists try to use their findings to resolve the dilemmas raised by some of the most hotly contested issues of our time, from gay rights to euthanasia and the drug war. He reveals how their answers often turn out to be more fiction than science--and explores whether they cause more harm than good.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 09/01/2008
ISBN: 9780470072776
Pages: 243
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.46h x 6.46w x 0.94d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/28/2008 pg. 64
Booklist 09/01/2008 pg. 13