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The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science
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Author:
Sam Kean
Publisher:
Little, Brown and Company
Date:
July 13, 2021
Sam Kean tells the true story of what happens when unfettered ambition pushes otherwise rational men and women to cross the line in the name of science, trampling ethical boundaries and often committing crimes in the process.
What The Reviewers Say
[Kean's] delightful, highly readable indictment of scientists behaving badly is a timely reminder that no field is immune from corruption.
The Icepick Surgeon is a hodgepodge of stories about malfeasance and evil, loosely grouped under a high concept.
Tales of scientific criminal activities told by the outstanding science storyteller Sam Kean.
... this book is more than a gathering of amusing vignettes. As each chapter compounds, it becomes more difficult to condemn and smirk without seeing the systemic ways that early sins have crept into the heart of science and medicine today.
