In the name of science : a history of secret programs, medical research, and human experimentation / Andrew Goliszek.

  • Goliszek, Andrew.
Date:
2003
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Publication/Creation

New York : St. Martins Press, 2003.

Physical description

xiv, 448 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents

The chemical revolution : bringing bad things to life -- Nature's weapons : man and biological warfare -- The eugenics movement : past, present, and future -- Human radiation experiments -- The CIA and human experiments -- Silent conspirators : the government-industry connection, from aspartame to AZT -- Organized medicine : a century of human experimentation -- Ethnic weapons : the new genetic warfare -- What the future holds : human experimentation in the twenty-first century.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-432) and index.

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    History of Medicine
    AOC /GOL
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ISBN

  • 0312303564