Galileo's Revenge: Junk Science In The Courtroom
by Peter W Huber
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- Fine
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- ISBN 10
- 0465026230
- ISBN 13
- 9780465026234
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About This Item
New York: Basic Books, 1991. First. Fine/Near Fine. 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
Peter W Huber (1952-2021) was a lawyer and author who served as a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and was a founding partner at the law firm of Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel He is credited with popularizing the term "junk science"
This copy has a purple cloth spine on gray paper boards and gilt titles on the spine No marks or damage at all The unclipped DJ has slight edge wear, but it otherwise excellent It is inscribed by the author on the ffep in the year of publication
274 pp.
Peter W Huber (1952-2021) was a lawyer and author who served as a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and was a founding partner at the law firm of Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel He is credited with popularizing the term "junk science"
This copy has a purple cloth spine on gray paper boards and gilt titles on the spine No marks or damage at all The unclipped DJ has slight edge wear, but it otherwise excellent It is inscribed by the author on the ffep in the year of publication
274 pp.
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- Bookseller
- Stanley Louis Remarkable Books (IOBA) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AA1629
- Title
- Galileo's Revenge: Junk Science In The Courtroom
- Author
- Peter W Huber
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0465026230
- ISBN 13
- 9780465026234
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1991
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