A Rum Affair

A True Story Of Botanical Fraud

Karl Sabbagh

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Da Capo Press Inc
01 September 2001

Hoaxes & deceptions; History of science

Now in paperback: A diverting tale of foul play among the ferns. -Los Angeles Times. A Rum Affair is an absorbing tale of scientific chicanery and academic intriguecritically acclaimed and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. In the 1940s, the eminent British botanist John Heslop Harrison proposed a controversial theory: Species of plants on the islands off the west coast of Scotland, he said, had survived the last Ice Age. His premise flew in the face of evidence that the last advance of the ice sheets extended well south of mainland Scotland, but he said he had proofthe plants and grasses found on the Isle of Rumthat would make his name in the scientific world. Harrison didn't anticipate, however, the tenacious John Raven, an amateur botanist who boldly questioned whether these grasses were truly indigenous to the area, or whether they had been transported there and planted. What seems at first a minor infringement of academic honesty soon becomes an enthralling tale of rival scientists and fraudulent science, a skillful whodunit that, in the hands of the talented Sabbagh, joins the ranks of the best narrative nonfiction.

By: Karl Sabbagh
Imprint: Da Capo Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 326g
ISBN: 9780306810602
ISBN 10: 0306810603
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 01 September 2001
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Karl Sabbagh earned his degree at King's College, Cambridge, before joining BBC Television. He is the author of five books, among them The Living Body and Power into Art. He lives near Stratford-Upon-Avon.

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A True Story Of Botanical Fraud

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