{"product_id":"i-told-you-so-scientists-who-were-ridiculed-exiled-and-imprisoned-for-being-right-9781250372277","title":"I Told You So!: Scientists Who Were Ridiculed, Exiled, and Imprisoned for Being Right","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn energetic and impassioned work of popular science about scientists who have had to fight for their revolutionary ideas to be accepted--from Darwin to Pasteur to modern day Nobel Prize winners. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor two decades, Matt Kaplan has covered science for the \u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e. He's seen breakthroughs often occur in spite of, rather than because of, the behavior of the research community, and how support can be withheld for those who don't conform or have the right connections. In this passionately argued and entertaining book, Kaplan narrates the history of the 19th century Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis, who realized that Childbed fever--a devastating infection that only struck women who had recently given birth--was spread by doctors not washing their hands. Semmelweis was met with overwhelming hostility by those offended at the notion that doctors were at fault, and is a prime example of how the scientific community often fights new ideas, even when the facts are staring them in the face. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn entertaining prose, Kaplan reveals scientific cases past and present to make his case. Some are familiar, like Galileo being threatened with torture and Nobel laureate Katalin Karikó being fired when on the brink of discovering how to wield mRNA-a finding that proved pivotal for the creation of the Covid-19 vaccine. Others less so, like researchers silenced for raising safety concerns about new drugs, and biologists ridiculed for revealing major flaws in the way rodent research is conducted. Kaplan shows how the scientific community can work faster and better by making reasonably small changes to the forces that shape it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matt Kaplan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.38h x 6.13w x 1.05d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250372277\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/24\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2025 pg. 87\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatt Kaplan\u003c\/b\u003e is a science correspondent at the\u003ci\u003e Economist\u003c\/i\u003e and has been responsible for the newspaper's coverage of biology for nearly two decades. His writing has also appeared in \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNature, \u003c\/i\u003e and the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Science of Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eScience of the Magical\u003c\/i\u003e, and co-author of \u003ci\u003eDavid Attenborough's First Life: A Journey Through Time\u003c\/i\u003e. He completed a thesis in Paleontology at Berkeley, and one in science journalism at Imperial College, London. In 2014 he was awarded a Knight Fellowship to study at MIT and Harvard. Born in California, he currently lives in England.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Matt Kaplan \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47699027034269,"sku":"9781250372277","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_593088d1-ce10-41cc-a03e-351d772e6bcf.jpg?v=1772696187","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/i-told-you-so-scientists-who-were-ridiculed-exiled-and-imprisoned-for-being-right-9781250372277","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}