Invention, Obsession, and the Pursuit of the Perfect Sound
"I devoured this whole thing on Saturday night and loved reading it. I've always wanted to read a Boston book and this scratches that itch!"
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The Epic Rivalries and Heroic Science Behind the Race to the Coronavirus Vaccine
“A riveting, sometimes startling, sometimes chilling page-turner of a book.” – Deborah Blum
“Brendan Borrell has written a compelling, up-to-the-minute chronicle of a pivotal moment in the history of science.” – Dan Fagin
“A gripping tale of what happens when unlikely heroes battle through extraordinary circumstances.” – Ashlee Vance
Media Coverage of THE FIRST SHOTS
Author Essays and Excerpts
Inside the Messy Race to Develop a COVID Vaccine (Esquire)
“Terror and Confusion”: On the Ground in Wuhan, China in the Early Days of COVID-19 (Rolling Stone)
Did Pfizer Peak Too Soon? (The Atlantic)
On the Intellectual Property Battle Behind the COVID-19 Vaccine (LitHub)
“Sounds Like it Could be Fun” (Slate)
Television Appearances
Selected Podcast and Radio
Signal Boost with Zerlina Maxwell
Good Questions . . . with Cameron Dole
Print and Online
Surprising Conflicts and Collaborations Build the Coronavirus Vaccines (Scientific American)
Past Events
WSJ+ Conversation with Associate Books Editor Bill Tipper
Reviews