Galileo's Revenge by Peter W Huber
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 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 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 Hard Green, Liability, and Galileo's Revenge. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland. Peter W. Huber, 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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| ISBN 13 | 9780465026234 |
| ISBN 10 | 0465026230 |
| Title | Galileo's Revenge |
| Author | Peter W Huber |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | Basic Books |
| Year published | 1991-10-17 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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