
E257 - The Discovery Of Microbes And Implications For Public Health Today, With Science Writer Thomas Levenson
Published: June 9, 2025
Duration: 1:06:27
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On this week's episode, Thomas Levenson, MIT professor and author of So Very Small: How Humans Discovered The Microcosmos, Defeated Germs — And May Still Lose The War Against Infectious Disease talks about what he learned in the writing of So Very Small, how cultural and political forces shape scientific progress, and what it means for drug developers, public health officials, and patients everywhere.
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