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Nature 431, 889 (21 October 2004) | doi:10.1038/431889a; Published online 20 October 2004

Quarrel over book leads to call for misconduct inquiry

Rex Dalton

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Born to Rebel author comes under heavy fire.

There is an update to this story (Nature 435, 137; 2005), which notes that a review of the allegation found no evidence of data falsification.A political scientist and former journal editor has asked the US National Science Foundation (NSF) to set up an inquiry to determine whether scientific misconduct was involved in the writing of a psychological history book.