The Scientist And The Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage

Author: Mara Hvistendahl Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 A riveting true story of industrial espionage in which a Chinese-born scientist is convicted of trying to steal U.S. trade secrets, by a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in nonfiction. In September 2011, sheriff's deputies in Iowa encountered three neatly dressed Asian men at a cornfield that had been leased by Monsanto to grow corn from patented hybrids. What began as a routine inquiry into potential trespassing blossomed into a federal...Read more