Biologist James Watson and physicist Francis Crick's 1953 revelation about the double helix structure of DNA is the foundation of virtually every advance in our modern understanding of genetics and molecular biology. But how did Watson...

***2017 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist for Nonfiction***"What's more American than Corn Flakes?" -Bing CrosbyFrom the much admired medical historian ("Markel shows just how compelling the medical history can be"-Andrea...

The struggle against deadly microbes is endless. Diseases that have plagued human beings since ancient times still exist, new maladies make their way into the headlines, we are faced with vaccine shortages, and the threat of germ warfare...