Allegra Goodman

Intuition

grrlscientist | March 9, 2006

Like something ripped bleeding from headline news, Intuition (2006, Dial Press) by Allegra Goodman is a timely story about scientific fraud. Even though the pivotal point of the story is one event, it is Goodman's careful and empathetic exploration of the relationships between the researchers and their families that is the most compelling aspect of this story. When the story begins, it is a snowy afternoon at the fictional Philpott Institute, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The talented and ambitious postdoctoral researcher, Cliff Bannaker, has failed to produce publishable results…

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