Madeline Drexler - Secret Agents: The Menace of Emerging Infections

Pros: Fast paced nonfiction thriller.
Cons: A little dated at times, but not detrimentally

At the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky the U.S. is in the process of destroying stores of WWII vintage chemical weapons including sarin, VX (a deadly nerve agent) and mustard gas. According to a Tribune Newspapers article, the estimated cost for ...

Pros: Lots of good information, frightening prospects
Cons: too much vitriolic at times

As a guy with a degree of biochemistry who minored in microbiology, the books about the subject of germs, microbiology and immunology and even epidemiology strike a chord. It's not everyone's cup of tea, but for me, I find it good reading. In the past, ...