Zločiny ve jménu vědy – Kean Sam (2022)

Is there a boundary that scientists should never cross in the pursuit of knowledge? Is it possible to justify ethical transgressions or even crimes by claiming they were committed in the interest of achieving scientific progress or another higher goal? Can we judge the behavior and attitudes of people in the past based on our current standards? In his new book, Sam Kean seeks answers to these and other complicated questions, but he does so in a highly engaging and entertaining manner. The history of scientific inquiry is filled with remarkable and bizarre figures who cross various taboos in their work, get entangled with the underworld, and sometimes even end up on the gallows. How about a few good stories about pirates and slave traders with a penchant for science, grave robbers, a murderous anatomist, the electric chair, jealous paleontologists, lobotomy, the atomic bomb, Russian spies, sexually transmitted diseases, a terrorist in the care of psychologists, and one particularly botched sex reassignment operation? One thing is certain: reading about the history of science does not have to be boring!