College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

UF’s Science Journalist in Residence Program Presents an Evening with Bestselling Science Journalist Sam Kean (Author of The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science).

Science is a force for good in the world. But sometimes, in history, obsession has pushed a noble pursuit into something sinister.

The University of Florida’s Science Journalist in Residence program presents an evening with bestselling science journalist Sam Kean, Wednesday, Nov. 3, at 6 p.m. in Pugh Hall Ocora. With his trademark wit and precision, Kean shares tales from his new book “The Icepick Surgeon,” revealing rogue science and its consequences, like the links from dark histories such as Tuskegee and Nazi Germany to current vaccine hesitancy. A book sale and signing will follow Kean’s program.

This is a partnership between the College of Journalism and Communications and the Bob Graham Center for Public Service.