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Scientists present themselves as cool, logical and level-headed, but the truth is they will do anything: take drugs, steal, lie and even cheat - in the pursuit of new discoveries.
For more than a century, science has cultivated a sober public image for itself. But the truth is very different: many of our most successful scientists have more in common with libertines than librarians. This thrilling exploration of some of the greatest breakthroughs in science reveals the extreme lengths some scientists go to in order to make their theories public. Inspiration can come from the most unorthodox of places: Nobel laureates sometimes get their ideas through drugs, dreams and hallucinations.Science is a highly competitive and ruthless discipline, and only its most determined and passionate practitioners make headlines - and history. That's why fraud, suppressing evidence and unethical or reckless PR games are sometimes necessary to bring the best and most brilliant discoveries to the world's attention. In science, anything goes. (From the publisher)

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Prologue
1 How it Begins
Dreams, drugs and visions from God
2 The Delinquents
Rules are there to be broken
3 Masters of Illusion
Evidence isn't everything
4 Playing with Fire
No pain, no gain
5 Sacrilege
Breaking taboos is part of the game
6 Fight Club
There's no prize for the runner-up
7 Defending the Throne
Machiavelli would be proud
8 In the Line of Fire
Life on the barricades
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes and sources
Index