The Atheist and the Holy City: Encounters and Reflections

In this series of 15 essays, which won the Letterstedt Prize, cell biologist George Klein shares his insights on science and on human nature. Organized loosely as The Wisdom and Folly of Scientists , Journeys , Viruses and Cancer , and La Condition Humaine , the works range from explanations of biological and genetic processess, to discussions of the complicity of science and medicine in the Nazi extermination camps.