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The man who almost faked his way to a Nobel Prize

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The man who almost faked his way to a Nobel Prize

Why leaders watch it

Case of fabricated research at an elite lab that went undetected, showing how culture and weak review let fraud pass.

BobbyBroccoli's first of three parts on Jan Hendrik Schon, the Bell Labs postdoc whose fabricated organic semiconductor results nearly won a Nobel Prize. It covers his rise and the context around Bell Labs.

Takeaways

Topics: Ethics & character, Failure, safety & learning orgs

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