When Science Goes Wrong: Twelve Tales From the Dark Side of Discovery

Baboons on Ecstasy, death by volcano and catastrophic nuclear explosions... this is what happens When Science Goes Wrong.British neuroscientist Simon LeVay has investigated and catalogued some of the world's most astonishing scientific disasters including An innocent young black man is convicted of rape and sent to prison for 25 years on the basis of 'infallible' DNA evidence which turns out to be completely bogus. * Cutting edge neuroscience techniques are used to treat an Olympic athlete's Parkinson's Disease which leaves him with a foetus growing in his brain. * A study into why children stutter which ends up ruining their lives when scientists deliberately introduce speech impediments and, to their horror, find they are permanent. 'Spine-tingling occasionally gruesome accounts of well-meant but disastrous scientific bungling' - Los Angeles Times 'Simon LeVay displays a decided verve for both storytelling and hardcore explication' - The Guardian'Entertaining and thought-provoking' - Publisher's Weekly'This book will intrigue you to the very last sentence' - Daily Mail 'The dark - but fascinating - side of science... an absorbing read' - Geotimes