Even the greatest minds in medicine have been terribly, terribly wrong. The inventor of the lobotomy won a Nobel Prize in medicine for destroying his patients' brains. Another Nobel laureate thought malaria cured syphilis. The discoverer of anaphylactic shock also researched the spirit world and ESP. A pioneer of organ transplants was an ardent eugenicist, while the founder of sports physiology heroically spoke out against Nazism. In the current times when medical authorities are counseling government on everything from pandemics to global climate change, it is wise to develop a healthy skepticism about these characters. Moira Dolan, MD is the author of a highly entertaining book written for the ordinary reader. Boneheads & Brainiacs profiles winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine ―a surprisingly diverse group of racists, cranks, and opportunists, as well as heroes and geniuses. Forget all the ivory tower stereotypes of white-coated doctors finding miracle cures. Boneheads and Brainiacs reveals the messy human reality behind medical progress, in a highly entertaining book written for the ordinary reader. Some were great scientists; some were shockingly unethical; others were cranks and eugenicists, but they were all fascinating personalities who illustrate that medical progress is prone to the liabilities of self-interest, greed and narrow-mindedness. Boneheads and Brainiacs provides great stories for a fantastic insight into the human side of science.