Galileo's Revenge: Junk Science in the Courtroom.
New York: BasicBooks, [1991]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter lavender cloth with gilt spine lettering and grey paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 274pp. Fine/fine. Item #49163
ISBN: 0465026230
Pristine, bright and tight first edition of the expose that established and popularized the phrase "junk science," handsomely inscribed and signed in blue fineline on front flyleaf: "To Bob Malott / With great appreciation / for your support / Peter Huber / October 3, 1991." Huber (1952-2021) was a noted attorney and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Robert Malott (1926-2018) was a noted Chicago business leader, CEO of FMC Corporation, Republican politico and philanthropist.
Price: $45.00