The icepick surgeon : murder, fraud, sabotage, piracy, and other dastardly deeds perpetrated in the name of science / Sam Kean.
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- ISBN: 9780316496506
- ISBN: 0316496502
- Physical Description: vi, 360 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc., 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-348) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue: Cleopatra's legacy -- Introduction -- Piracy: the buccaneer biologist -- Slavery: the corruption of the flycatcher -- Grave-robbing: Jekyll & Hyde, Hunter & Knox -- Murder: the professor and the janitor -- Animal cruelty: the war of the currents -- Sabotage: the bone wars -- Oath-breaking: ethically impossible -- Ambition: surgery of the soul -- Espionage: the variety act -- Torture: the white whale -- Malpractice: sex, power, and money -- Fraud: superwoman -- Conclusion -- Appendix: The future of crime. |
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Genre: | True crime stories. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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East Grand Forks Campbell Library | 174.95 KEAN 2021 (Text) | 523040 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |