The dark side

摘要

The "dark side" of scientific research is the FIGHT focusof iUS physician Morton Meyers's enjoyable, if disquieting, book Prize Fight. More particularly, the Machiavellian behaviour that inevitably arises from scientists' desire for recognition and reward - especially a Nobel prize -alongside the more publicly acceptable satisfaction of discovering and applying ground breaking knowledge. Think James Watson's famed account of discovering the structure of DNA, The Dou ble Helix.