Smart, delightful . . . a splendidly entertaining education in ethics, activism, and science. The New York Times Book Review (Editor s Choice)

An impassioned defense of intellectual freedom and a clarion call to intellectual responsibility, Galileo s Middle Fingeris one American s eye-opening story of life in the trenches of scientific controversy. For two decades, historian Alice Dreger has led a life of extraordinary engagement, combining activist service to victims of unethical medical research with defense of scientists whose work has outraged...