fascinating and broad. it deserves its elevated position on the booksellers' lists:
- it covers the development of medical education in the US
- plus the story of the peaking and waning of a pandemic
- as well as the human failures of politicians managing it
- and the fatal bureaucracy of the army the navy and more
- it shows glimpses of the scientists in unrelenting hunt in the dark
- plus bits of their personal lives that make them human
in summary, i have read several books on a bunch of interesting topics! my only gripe is, written english is not the same as spoken english and i wish he had respected that. it is entirely possible to write dynamically and compellingly without resorting to colloquial forms, sir.
