1st Edition
Science, Ideology, and the Media The Cyril Burt Scandal
By Ronald Fletcher
Copyright 1991
448 Pages
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Routledge
447 Pages
by
Routledge
447 Pages
by
Routledge
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In 1976, five years after his death, serious charges were leveled against the distinguished British scientist Sir Cyril Burt. His research on the nature of intelligence was challenged as fraudulent by a number of respected commentators, among them Leon Kamin, Oliver Gillie, Ann and Alan Clarke, and Leslie Hearnshaw. The evidence they marshaled, and the charges themselves are examined here in... Read more
I: Case for the Defense; 1: Preamble; II: Witnesses for the Prosecution Cross-Examination; 2: The BBC: The Intelligence Man; 3: Professor Leon Kamin; 4: Dr. Oliver Gillie and the Press; 5: The Clarkes and Hull; 6: Professor Leslie S. Hearnshaw: The Official Biography; 7: Professors Jensen and Eysenck; 8: The Sociologists of Education; 9: Final Summary Note; III: Malfeasance and Fraud?; 10: Malfeasance?; 11: Fraud? The Minor Charges; 12: Fraud? The Major Charges; 13: Verdict; IV: Questions and Conclusions; 14: Remaining Considerations
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