I have always known some bad things have been done in the name of science.  But most know them in a periphery, a side view that may not be accurate.  Mangala, bad scientist.  Tuskegee, bad science, etc.  But this book gives the readers a bit more in depth knowledge of these and many more events without overloading on any one topic.  Plus the stories the author decided to tell were sometimes known, other times not, and some were downright shocking.  Like figuring out how to kill someone so the body could be used for dissection.  And I won’t even get into what Cleopatra did.  Elizabeth Taylor never showed us that side of the classic beauty.  This book was told in chronological order so that the reader could see and understand, that even now things are being done for the purpose of scientific advancement, that in a few years time may be considered unethical, or were unethical to start with but happened anyway.  The biggest drawback to this book was the references.  There were many times when the author would direct the reader to more information on a topic and it was almost always another of their books, or their podcast.  They should have been directing readers to other works on the subject and not just what they did themselves.