副标题: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science
出版年: 2021-7-13
页数: 368
装帧: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780316496506
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From New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes the gripping, untold history of science's darkest secrets, “a fascinating book [that] deserves a wide audience” (Publishers Weekly, starred review)
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 ...
From New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes the gripping, untold history of science's darkest secrets, “a fascinating book [that] deserves a wide audience” (Publishers Weekly, starred review)
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.
The Icepick Surgeon masterfully guides the reader across two thousand years of history, beginning with Cleopatra’s dark deeds in ancient Egypt. The book reveals the origins of much of modern science in the transatlantic slave trade of the 1700s, as well as Thomas Edison’s mercenary support of the electric chair and the warped logic of the spies who infiltrated the Manhattan Project. But the sins of science aren’t all safely buried in the past. Many of them, Kean reminds us, still affect us today. We can draw direct lines from the medical abuses of Tuskegee and Nazi Germany to current vaccine hesitancy, and connect icepick lobotomies from the 1950s to the contemporary failings of mental-health care. Kean even takes us into the future, when advanced computers and genetic engineering could unleash whole new ways to do one another wrong.
Unflinching, and exhilarating to the last page, The Icepick Surgeon fuses the drama of scientific discovery with the illicit thrill of a true-crime tale. With his trademark wit and precision, Kean shows that, while science has done more good than harm in the world, rogue scientists do exist, and when we sacrifice morals for progress, we often end up with neither.
作者简介 · · · · · ·
Sam Kean is a writer in Washington, D.C. His work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Mental Floss, Slate, The Believer, Air & Space, Science, and The New Scientist. He is currently working as a reporter at Science magazine and as a 2009 Middlebury Environmental Journalism fellow.
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细思极恐!这个影视剧经典情节,竟是诺贝尔奖黑历史!
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当人类为了科学进步而牺牲道德时,往往两样都得不到。 看电影的时候,最害怕看到这几个字:真实事件改编。 谁都不敢想象,真实发生过的事,能有多离奇、夸张甚至黑暗。 还有一些事,虽然没被改编过,但总会出现在影视剧里,比如:额叶切除术。《飞越疯人院》《禁闭岛》《美国恐... (展开)没有答案但值得的追问
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这本书和《手术刀下的历史》略有相似,但视角从医学放大到科学,同时更聚焦于道德批判而非戏说轶事,科普篇幅明显缩减。 如果说首章《海盗》还在讲一个被动“逼上梁山”的故事,后续章节走向逐渐暗黑,“作恶”从一种宿命变成主动选择,这中间有个暗藏的问题逐渐浮出水面:作为... (展开)科学不仅给人类带来福祉,更是有些科学狂人,把科学“玩”出邪恶
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0 有用 FRANCOISE_ 2024-01-21 18:17:37 湖南
听说有删节,特意读的英文版,部分地方偏见有点儿明显,结论倒是写得比较全面。注脚更有趣hhh
0 有用 Iris. 2022-04-07 10:44:41
不道德科学实验合集。
0 有用 闻夕felicity 2024-01-02 15:33:07 美国
中文版是《冰锥外科医生》,有删节(三章)。在描述Ted Kaczynski的那一章里作者完全没提ASD的事儿,虽然我觉得Ted Kaczynski是相当典型的谢耳朵式ASD(《识骨寻踪》里的小天使Zack跟他其实更像,尤其是Zack最后也犯罪了)。这套书的本质其实是一种Wikipedia式的资料收集、梳理和综述,这个案子上ASD视角的缺失让我有一丢丢降低了对作者的信任度。
0 有用 FRANCOISE_ 2024-01-21 18:17:37 湖南
听说有删节,特意读的英文版,部分地方偏见有点儿明显,结论倒是写得比较全面。注脚更有趣hhh
0 有用 闻夕felicity 2024-01-02 15:33:07 美国
中文版是《冰锥外科医生》,有删节(三章)。在描述Ted Kaczynski的那一章里作者完全没提ASD的事儿,虽然我觉得Ted Kaczynski是相当典型的谢耳朵式ASD(《识骨寻踪》里的小天使Zack跟他其实更像,尤其是Zack最后也犯罪了)。这套书的本质其实是一种Wikipedia式的资料收集、梳理和综述,这个案子上ASD视角的缺失让我有一丢丢降低了对作者的信任度。
0 有用 Iris. 2022-04-07 10:44:41
不道德科学实验合集。