Galileo's Middle Finger

Galileo's Middle Finger
Cover of the first edition
AuthorAlice Dreger
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMedicine and health sciences
PublisherPenguin Press
Publication date
2015
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Paperback and Hardback)
Pages352
ISBN978-1-59420-608-5

Galileo's Middle Finger is a 2015 book about the ethics of medical research by Alice Dreger, an American bioethicist and author.[1] Dreger explores the relationship between science and social justice by discussing a number of scientific controversies. These include the debates surrounding intersex genital surgery, autogynephilia, and anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon's work.

  1. ^ "Alice Dreger Bio". Northwestern University. Archived from the original on 2014-04-19. Retrieved Apr 28, 2014.