Monkey business : hoaxes in the name of science : production material.

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Monkey business : hoaxes in the name of science : production material.

Corrected part carbon typescript, layout notes, dummy. Relates five well-known science hoaxes, including the Piltdown fraud, and how they eventually were exposed as hoaxes.

Manuscripts: 3 folders.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7812705

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Adler, Irving

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Irving Adler (1913- ), an educator, mathematician, science writer and progressive activist, was born in New York City, attended City College (B.S., 1931) and received graduate degrees in mathematics from Columbia University (M.A., 1938; Ph.D., 1961). From 1932-1952 he taught mathematics in the New York City secondary schools and was an activist in the progressive Teachers' Union, and in 1953 was the National Director of the National Council of the Arts, Sciences and Professions. In 1954 he was s...