Liam Shaw

Antibiotics - one of humanity's greatest achievements, yet they were invented by bacteria. Dangerous Miracle is an epic narrative of scientific discovery and innovation, but also of the exploitation of the natural world in the pursuit of the 'fossil fuels' of medicine. Antibiotics - one of humanity's greatest achievements - but invented by microbes. An epic narrative of discovery and...

Antibiotics: invented by microbes, mined by humans - and now we are running out. Discover their miraculous history and how we confront their uncertain future in this epic story of progress, power and exploitation. Riveting ... In combining the passion of Robert Macfarlane with the incisiveness of Patrick Radden Keefe, Shaw has announced himself as a brilliant new voice in...