The Assassin Chip: A Medical Device that Kills - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:James E. MosimannSeries:The Jeannine RyanPublish date:7/19/2014Pages:426
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Brightview PressISBN-13:9780989765916ISBN-10:0989765911UPC:9780989765916Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:ThrillersBook Topic:MedicalSize:8.00 x 5.25 x 0.87 inchesWeight:0.44Product ID:SCWY7R34BQ
Want an entertaining thriller and a crack at RSA encryption? Try this novel and see statistical forensics in action.After all, it's just fake data. Surely it can't be important. Or can it?A lab worker discovers that her boss is submitting fake data to the Food and Drug Administration for approval of a medical device, and disappears. An analyst hired to support the company's proposal to the FDA verifies the fraud, and she too vanishes. But the two women escape, and aided by a retired FBI agent and an ex CIA operative, discover that terrorists have their own use for the medical device. The four dodge company thugs and jihadists from Nags Head to the Chesapeake Bay as they struggle to stop an international plot.This is the second book in a series that features statistician Jeannine Ryan, an expert in numerical forensics.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Brightview PressISBN-13:9780989765916ISBN-10:0989765911UPC:9780989765916Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:ThrillersBook Topic:MedicalSize:8.00 x 5.25 x 0.87 inchesWeight:0.44Product ID:SCWY7R34BQ
James E. Mosimann is a retired biostatistician who spent many years at the Computer Division of the National Institutes of Health. After NIH, he joined the Office of Research Integrity of the Public Health Service where he was a scientist-investigator for cases of research misconduct. He speaks French, English, some Czech, and is familiar with other European languages where he has spent considerable time. His novels feature the use of statistical forensics in detecting fraud.
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