A review by allison_reynolds
The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetuated in the Name of Science by Sam Kean

4.0

I've been looking for a book like this for years. The areas that lie between morality and progress can be as devastating as they are fascinating. Kean writes with equal measures of sympathy to his material and a flair for the macabre. The facts are neither dry nor sensationalized. This is a book about science for people who prefer poetry.