-Twenty years after his death, and fifteen years after the first sensationalized media accounts of scientific fraud, Cyril Burt's credibility and place in history continue to be weighed . . . In his unabashed defense of Burt, Fletcher rebuts each of the main charges leveled against Burt, including the fabrication of twin data, invention of co-authors, and misrepresentation of his position on educational reform . . . Recommended for all audiences.---T. J. Thieman, Choice
-Sociologist Ronald Fletcher here makes the most outspoken attempt yet to rehabilitate the reputation of Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971), the British psychologist widely accused of publishing a fraudulent series of separated-twins studies, among other unethical practices. . . . Fletcher effectively exposes some of the rhetorical excesses of Burt's critics and the one-sided and sensationalistic reporting of the case by the media. He reminds us that Burt, whatever his flaws, also made many positive contributions to British psychology.---Raymond E. Fancher, Science
"Twenty years after his death, and fifteen years after the first sensationalized media accounts of scientific fraud, Cyril Burt's credibility and place in history continue to be weighed . . . In his unabashed defense of Burt, Fletcher rebuts each of the main charges leveled against Burt, including the fabrication of twin data, invention of co-authors, and misrepresentation of his position on educational reform . . . Recommended for all audiences."--T. J. Thieman, Choice
"Sociologist Ronald Fletcher here makes the most outspoken attempt yet to rehabilitate the reputation of Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971), the British psychologist widely accused of publishing a fraudulent series of separated-twins studies, among other unethical practices. . . . Fletcher effectively exposes some of the rhetorical excesses of Burt's critics and the one-sided and sensationalistic reporting of the case by the media. He reminds us that Burt, whatever his flaws, also made many positive contributions to British psychology."--Raymond E. Fancher, Science
"Twenty years after his death, and fifteen years after the first sensationalized media accounts of scientific fraud, Cyril Burt's credibility and place in history continue to be weighed . . . In his unabashed defense of Burt, Fletcher rebuts each of the main charges leveled against Burt, including the fabrication of twin data, invention of co-authors, and misrepresentation of his position on educational reform . . . Recommended for all audiences."--T. J. Thieman, Choice
"Sociologist Ronald Fletcher here makes the most outspoken attempt yet to rehabilitate the reputation of Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971), the British psychologist widely accused of publishing a fraudulent series of separated-twins studies, among other unethical practices. . . . Fletcher effectively exposes some of the rhetorical excesses of Burt's critics and the one-sided and sensationalistic reporting of the case by the media. He reminds us that Burt, whatever his flaws, also made many positive contributions to British psychology."--Raymond E. Fancher, Science
"Twenty years after his death, and fifteen years after the first sensationalized media accounts of scientific fraud, Cyril Burt's credibility and place in history continue to be weighed... In his unabashed defense of Burt, Fletcher rebuts each of the main charges leveled against Burt, including the fabrication of twin data, invention of co-authors, and misrepresentation of his position on educational reform... Recommended for all audiences."
--T. J. Thieman, Choice
"Sociologist Ronald Fletcher here makes the most outspoken attempt yet to rehabilitate the reputation of Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971), the British psychologist widely accused of publishing a fraudulent series of separated-twins studies, among other unethical practices. . . . Fletcher effectively exposes some of the rhetorical excesses of Burt's critics and the one-sided and sensationalistic reporting of the case by the media. He reminds us that Burt, whatever his flaws, also made many positive contributions to British psychology."
--Raymond E. Fancher, Science
