Insulin - The Crooked Timber
A History from Thick Brown Muck to Wall Street Gold
Kersten T. Hall
Reviews and Awards
"... comprehensive account of the modern medical history of the hormone..." -- Jerome Groopman, New York Review of Books
"The lengthy bibliography and endnotes are a testament to the extensive research that has been carried out to produce this fascinating account." -- Arpan K. Banerjee, Hektoen International
"The story of insulin over the past 100 years, as the historian of science (and former molecular biologist) Kersten Hall shows in this dense and fascinating book, is also a microcosm of developments in science more widely, and of changes in the politics and economics of healthcare. [...] The pleasures of this book lie mainly in the storytelling detail and the gossipy richness of the lives, friendships and feuds glimpsed in the hubbub of decades pursuing the improvement of human health." -- Steven Poole, Daily Telegraph