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The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetuated in the Name of Science by Sam Kean
2 reviews
monstersinspace's review
emotional
informative
reflective
fast-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Ableism, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, and Child abuse
Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Blood, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Slavery, Body horror, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Drug use, Racism, and Suicide
chloethonus's review
dark
informative
lighthearted
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
4.75
This was a great book, a very interesting collection of scientific ethics being set aside and how it has gone very wrong. Allows us to see scientists as humans rather than unquestionable gods who can do no wrong, but also acknowledges that we cannot fully discredit scientists as a whole and should instead be skeptical and read scientific media critically. I learned a lot of interesting stories that range from questionable ethics to outright murder. Some content is quite shocking, and for the faint of heart there are mentions of psychological torture and in some cases extreme physical harm coming to people.
My only critique is some outdated language like calling Native Americans "Indians" and the prologue about Cleopatra being very clumsy. The prologue is made up of information that can't be proven which is a questionable start for this book. The language, however, bothers me more. Native Americans should be respected and referred to using proper terms that do not have to do with the entirely unrelated nation of Indian. Native American, indigenous peoples, tribe name, there are a lot of options.
My only critique is some outdated language like calling Native Americans "Indians" and the prologue about Cleopatra being very clumsy. The prologue is made up of information that can't be proven which is a questionable start for this book. The language, however, bothers me more. Native Americans should be respected and referred to using proper terms that do not have to do with the entirely unrelated nation of Indian. Native American, indigenous peoples, tribe name, there are a lot of options.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical trauma and Slavery
Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, Torture, Terminal illness, and Suicide
Minor: Misogyny
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