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'Microbe Hunters' With A Modern Sensibility

Thank you to David Shaywitz for the thoughtful Forbes write-up of The Remedy!

Thomas GoetzApril 22, 2014The Remedy, review, Tuberculosis, medicine, germ theoryComment

'The Strange Connection Between Germs and Sherlock Holmes'

In the latest issue of WIRED, I talk with Caitlin Roper about the importance of Robert Koch, the role of germ theory in changing public behavior and how Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle fits into this. Head on over to WIRED to read the full interview.

Thomas GoetzApril 2, 2014WIRED, The Remedy, Interview, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Koch, germ theoryComment

'The Bacteria Precede Us. They Outnumber Us. And They Will Outlast Us.'

Many thanks to Deborah Hopkinson at BookPage for her excellent review of The Remedy.

Thomas GoetzApril 2, 2014The Remedy, book reviews, BookPage, Tuberculosis, germ theoryComment