The Mould In Dr Florey's Coat

Admirable, superbly researched ... Perhaps the most exciting tale of science since the apple dropped on Newton's head Simon Winchester, NEW YORK TIMES Veteran journalist and author Lax takes a revealing look back at the time when world-altering science was done on a shoestring, bringing to brilliant life the story of the first great antibiotic ... Informative and thoroughly enjoyable science history KIRKUS REVIEWS [Lax] tells the stories of these four remarkable scientists adroitly ... and reinserts them into their rightful place in scientific history. INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY A fascinating story of serendipity, wounded egos and medical myths. GUARDIAN