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The Death Of An Accused Scientist - The Reporting on Bruce Ivins and It's Use of The Mad Scientist Stereotype
Sciene 2.0 "Quantum Gravity"
(2008)
Abstract
The mad scientist stereotype seems to be alive and well. This time it is emerging in a disturbing way. A US Army scientist, Bruce E. Ivins, committed suicide at the age of 62. He has been implicated in the Anthrax case from 2001. You remember those letters that started to show up after 9/11 "Death to America, Death to Israel, Praise be to Allah!" (That is another set of stereotypes for another day. Those letters fueled Anti Arab/"Arab looking person" hate crimes and islamophobia for months after 9/11.) Well now that he is dead and cannot protect himself from allegations he has basically been tried and convicted by media for those terrorist attacks.
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Publication Date
August 2, 2008
Citation Information
Hontas F Farmer. "The Death Of An Accused Scientist - The Reporting on Bruce Ivins and It's Use of The Mad Scientist Stereotype" Sciene 2.0 "Quantum Gravity" (2008) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/hontas_farmer/6/