"At its core lay flawed science, dubious methodology and wishful thinking," Hooper writes.
Kevles wrote about the founding thinkers of eugenics — Francis Galton, Karl Pearson, and Charles Davenport — and chronicled the rise of the eugenics movement in Britain and the Unites States in early twentieth century before it was ultimately recognized as flawed science.
The series examines the work of Francis Galton, Karl Pearson, and Charles Davenport, and also looks at how their ideas were applied to intelligence testing, sterilization, immigration legislation, and marriage law in the early part of the twentieth century, before ultimately being recognized as flawed science.
They suffered a set-back last month when one of 24 key focusing magnets broke during a test because of a design flaw (Science, 6 April, p. 31).
Projects can fail, collaborations can dissolve, and companies can founder, not because of inherent flaws in science but because of contentious collaborations, misunderstood communications, and bad feelings.
Rather, this year's award highlights the basic flaw with science awards themselves: there is no way a prize like the Nobel can accurately capture the intricate history of any individual discovery.
Death penalty abolitionists go a step further, noting that deeply flawed forensic science methods used in capital cases provides yet another reason for ending the death penalty.
But the New Yorker article adds new details of how at every step of the way, the state turned a blind eye to weak evidence and flawed forensic science.
And there is a flaw in the Castrol ratings, just as there will always be flaws in applying science too intrusively to art.
Mr. Lentini said that the flaws in the science required the state to go back and take a new look at other arson convictions.
