The Icepick Surgeon | Orbitals 406

Sam Kean's latest book, The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science, dropped earlier this week. It's about when knowledge becomes everything—the only thing. At whatever the cost.

You'll hear about what made Sam want to write the book, and about a couple of the characters within its pages.

You can find the book here: https://www.littlebrown.com/titles/sam-kean/the-icepick-surgeon/9781549102929/