Epstein Secrets

edical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge University; recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2009); current president of the Royal Society; and the author of Gene Machine: The Race to Discover the Secrets of the Ribosome. A former colleague of mine, Gérard Bricogne, used to joke that ca

life amid the military-industrial complex, were still fresh. Just a few years earlier, he had announced 109 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016912 in the pages of The Atlantic Monthly that he would not “publish any future work of mine which may do damage in the hands of irresponsible militarists.”°° He remained ambivalent about the

edical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge University; recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2009); current president of the Royal Society; and the author of Gene Machine: The Race to Discover the Secrets of the Ribosome. A former colleague of mine, Gérard Bricogne, used to joke that ca

life amid the military-industrial complex, were still fresh. Just a few years earlier, he had announced 109 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016329 in the pages of The Atlantic Monthly that he would not “publish any future work of mine which may do damage in the hands of irresponsible militarists.”°° He remained ambivalent about the

lectured around the world on the future of science and its role in society, including at the World Economic Forum, the National Academies of Science, the Royal Society, the National Institutes of Health, the State Department, NASA, the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, The Museum of Modern Art, and The Aca

and later op-ed editor for The Wall Street Journal; a senior editor at The Weekly Standard from its inception; a contributing editor at Newsweek and The Atlantic Monthly; and as a commentator on National Public Radio. He is now a columnist for The New York Times and commentator on PBS NewsHour. Brooks, who is Jewi