Scientists & swindlers : consulting on coal and oil in America, 1820-1890
Paul Lucier, Charles Jackson Brid (Donor), Tracy Long Bird (Donor)
Scientists and Swindlers introduces us to a new service of professionals: the consulting scientists. Lucier follows these entrepreneurial men of science on their wide-ranging commercial engagements from the shores of Nova Scotia to the coast of California and shows how their innovative work fueled the rapid growth of the American coal and oil industries and the rise of American geology and chemistry. Along the way, he explores the decisive battles over expertise and authority, the high-stakes court cases over patenting research, the intriguing and often humorous exploits of swindlers, and the profound ethical challenges of doing science for money. --from publisher description
Print Book, English, 2008
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2008