Ethics for Scientists PHY 280:

Class Schedule

Class time: 9:00 - 10:50, Fridays

Presentations on Scientific Misconduct

Liam Damewood

Bogdanov Brothers: questions about theoretical papers

Cory Ellison

Inge Czaja: scientific fraud in plant biology

Julia Wang

Dalibor Sames, Bengu Sezen: irreproducible results

Oskar Holm

Danut Marcu: charges of plagiarism in mathematics

Matthew Rolnick

Woo-suk Hwang: biotechnology scandal

Mark Yashar

Victor Ninov: "discovery" of superheavy element

Zhiping Yin

J. Hendrik Schoen: nanophysics scandal; responsibility of coauthors

Erik Ylvisaker

Robert Millikan: oil-drop experiment, too-perfect data