{"product_id":"the-scientist-who-wasnt-there","title":"The Scientist Who Wasn't There","description":"\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE BRIDPORT PRIZE FOR MEMOIR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat would you do to find out the truth about someone you love? A forensic, propulsive book about the line between fact and fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRenowned scientist Professor Michael Briggs was many things:\u003cbr\u003eA Space expert at NASA\u003cbr\u003eAn adviser to the World Health Organisation\u003cbr\u003eA successful Big Pharma executive\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut Michael Briggs had a secret.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA scandal broke out in 1986 when research he conducted was revealed to be compromised. Patients were also claiming that a pregnancy test he pioneered had caused devastating birth defects. Soon after his fall from grace, Briggs was dead, struck down by a mystery illness in a foreign country\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBriggs left behind a long list of publications, patents, and inventions. But he also left behind hundreds of people who believe they are victims of his negligence and who are still fighting for justice to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ithaka","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47094607937693,"sku":"9781804189733","price":114.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/7575\/1837\/files\/9781804189733_MPH.jpg?v=1763004957","url":"https:\/\/mphonline.com\/products\/the-scientist-who-wasnt-there","provider":"MPHOnline.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}