FIRST EDITION with full number line. 8vo. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches. xvi, 535 pp. 40 figures on plates, bibliography, index; text clean, unmarked. Quarter cloth, paper over boards, spine titled in gilt, dust-jacket in archival mylar; binding square and tight, upper corner bumped. John Cornwell is a British journalist, author, and academic. Since 1990 he has directed the Science and Human Dimension Project at Jesus College Cambridge. He won the Scientific and Medical Network Book of the Year Award for Hitler's Scientists; he is best known for his work in public understanding of science.