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Now, in this first ever biography, the fascinating and unlikely hero is portrayed in full detail. Read about the quiet, matter-of-fact woman who stood up to a major pharmaceutical company, did her job in the face of enormous pressure, and when presented with the highest civic honors, credited her whole team with the accomplishment. It's an incredible story of integrity in the moment of truth, of the power of humble courage, and of hundreds of thousands of lives saved by an ordinary woman.

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James Essinger is passionately interested in the history of ideas and in particular the history of science. His first nonfiction book was Jacquard's Web, published by Oxford University Press in 2004, followed by Spellbound in 2006. His best-known book so far has been Ada's Algorithm (2013), which tells the story of Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron's daughter, a mathematician who has been called the first computer programmer. James has also written more than twenty business and management books.

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