"Jeanne Guillemin offers a riveting account of tracking down the
causes of a public health calamity and penetrating layer upon layer
of secrecy and obfuscation. She persuasively combines meticulous
attention to scientific detail with alertness to the voice of those
whose lives were changed by the crisis." --Sissela Bok, author of
"Secrets: On the Ethics of Concealment and Revelation and "Lying:
Moral Choice in Public and Private Life.
"Guillemin's book is a triple treat: it is a gripping detective
story, a vivid portrayal of non-Moscow Russian life, and a
standard-setting display of the scientific method at work. and
there is a bonus: the reader will learn all about anthrax, the most
likely weapon if biological warfare is ever waged." --Paul Doty,
Director Emeritus, Belfer Center for Science and International
Affairs, Harvard University
"This book is an absorbing tale of an investigation into the
anthrax epidemic that struck the Russian city of Sverdlovsk twenty
years ago. But it can also be read as an important parable for our
time because it deals with chemical and biological agents that the
world is drawn to and yet does not really know how to handle."
--Kai Erikson, author of "A New Species of Trouble.
""Anthrax is the best book of medical detection since Berton
Roueche's "Eleven Blue Men. Tracing her story from Cambridge to
Yekaterinburg and back again, Guillemin weaves savvy epidemiology,
Russian history, and American science into a compelling
first-person narrative. An instant classic, "Anthrax is not only a
distinguished account of fieldwork in social science, but also a
work of literature that addresses the larger issue of human
survival in the face of global risk."--Gerald Weissmann, M.D.,
author of "Darwin's Audubon and "Democracy and DNA.
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