Word: hamprecht
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Dates: during 1977-1977
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Gullis' deception was discovered when his former colleagues, in repeating the tests, were unable to find the increased concentrations of a particular substance reported by the young scientist. By then, Gullis had returned to London. But Biochemist Bernd Hamprecht, his superior at the institute, insisted that he come back to West Germany and repeat his work under supervision. Gullis agreed, and after four futile tries conceded that he had faked his data...
...confession, Gullis explained that he ignored the real results because he was carried away by enthusiasm for his hypothesis: "I was so convinced of my ideas that I simply put them down on paper." But Hamprecht, who had no reason to distrust Gullis when he signed four of the original papers as a coauthor, is still puzzled. He feels Gullis-or any researcher-should know that "lies in science have short legs." That is, they cannot outrun the truth...
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