Galileo's Revenge

[Phil Rose <pjrose@servtech.com>]

"I don't have anything to read", I complained to SWMBO. She responded by
handing me a book that had been in her study--a book club bonus-book that
had lain unread and undisturbed for about 5 years.

The book is an interesting read, not only because it contains 18 pages (and
65 references) devoted to a subject near to our hearts. Chapter 4 is
entitled "Sudden Acceleration (Runaway Panic in the Mass Media)" and
discusses the 60 Minutes Audi-fiasco and subsequent events in some detail.

The book is:

"Galileo's Revenge--Junk Science in the Courtroom"
by Peter W. Huber
Basic Books (1991) isbn 0-465-02623-0

Its other chapters cover a range of interesting topics:
Better living through litigation;
Malpractice on the witness stand;
The legal pursuit of fad terrors;
Chemicals cause everything;
Cashing in on magical cures;
The massed legal attack;
and more...

Sorry for the WOB if this book previously has been mentioned on the qlist.

Phil Rose		Rochester, NY
'89 100
'91 200q		pjrose@servtech.com