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Author Kean, Sam, author.

Title The icepick surgeon [UNABRIDGED sound recording] : murder, fraud, sabotage, piracy, and other dastardly deeds perpetrated in the name of science / Sam Kean.

Edition Unabridged.
Publication Info. [New York] : Hachette Audio, 2021.
©2021
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2081788~S1
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 95th Street Adult Books on CD Nonfiction  174.95 KEA    AVAILABLE
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Description 10 audio discs (approximately 11.75 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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1.4 m/s
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CD audio
Performer Read by Ben Sullivan.
Note Compact discs.
"Includes a PDF of supplemental materials" -- Back of container.
Summary Science is a force for good in the world--at least usually. But sometimes, when obsession gets the better of scientists, they twist a noble pursuit into something sinister. Under this spell, knowledge isn't everything, it's the only thing--no matter the cost. Bestselling author 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.
From New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes the gripping, untold history of science's darkest secrets.Science is a force for good in the world?at least usually. But sometimes, when obsession gets the better of scientists, they twist a noble pursuit into something sinister.
Subject Science -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Popular works -- Sound recordings.
Research -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Popular works -- Sound recordings.
Scientists -- Professional ethics -- Popular works -- Sound recordings.
Science -- History -- Popular works -- Sound recordings.
Medical ethics -- Popular works -- Sound recordings.
Science and civilization -- Popular works -- Sound recordings.
Genre Audiobooks.
Added Author Sullivan, Ben, narrator.
ISBN 9781549102912
1549102915
Music No. 2-Y0291 Hacchette Audio
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