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File under: something I would have loved about a decade ago.
The icepick surgeon is a collection of chapters taking us through terrible things done by scientists in the past few centuries. We move chronologically through time and touch on some of the big ones (grave robbing, lobotomies) and things I hadn't heard much about (Edison's electricity stuff and rivalry with Tesla, some cold war spy stuff around project Manhattan, among others). While somewhat disjointed and relying a bit heavily on "if you want to know more, come listen to my podcast!", this was overall and entertaining read.
Recommended if you want to read a book that sounds like a podcast (I'm sure the audiobook would have been a good experience), like grisly tales of dark history, and don't mind people being glib about terrible things.
More thoughts here: https://youtu.be/Wj9tTFqo-BM
The icepick surgeon is a collection of chapters taking us through terrible things done by scientists in the past few centuries. We move chronologically through time and touch on some of the big ones (grave robbing, lobotomies) and things I hadn't heard much about (Edison's electricity stuff and rivalry with Tesla, some cold war spy stuff around project Manhattan, among others). While somewhat disjointed and relying a bit heavily on "if you want to know more, come listen to my podcast!", this was overall and entertaining read.
Recommended if you want to read a book that sounds like a podcast (I'm sure the audiobook would have been a good experience), like grisly tales of dark history, and don't mind people being glib about terrible things.
More thoughts here: https://youtu.be/Wj9tTFqo-BM