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

5.0

Requires a strong stomach at times. I appreciated Kean’s approach to each account in that he doesn’t lead the reader to think in black and white terms; these scientists and experimenters committed awful, horrific acts but it doesn’t negate the good they did elsewhere. And the good they did doesn’t excuse the bad. He even discusses how or why some of the folks did what they did, how they could convince themselves their acts were reasonable or necessary or worth the ends, but Kean never advocates for or excuses them.

I’m very much enjoying Kean’s books.