Murder, Fraud, Sabotage & Piracy in the Name of Science w/ Sam Kean – Ask Dr. Drew

Nov 18 at 2:30 PT: Sam Kean spent years collecting mercury from broken thermometers as a kid, and now he’s a writer in Washington, D.C. His stories have appeared in The Best American Science and Nature Writing, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Slate, and Psychology Today, and his work has been featured on NPR’s “Radiolab”, “Science Friday”, and “All Things Considered,” among others. He is a New York Times bestselling author of several books, including "The Disappearing Spoon" and his newest book "The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy and other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science."

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