Cannibals, Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of Science

What fears keep scientists awake at night? We’ll find out with bestselling and highly acclaimed science writer Richard Preston. His new collection of true stories from the worlds of nature and scientific effort is “Panic in Level 4: Cannibals, Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of Science” (Random House, 2008).