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Dan Fagin

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A science journalism professor at New York University, Dan Fagin is a nationally prominent journalist on environmental health topics. His new book, Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation, was awarded the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. It has been described as “a new classic of science reporting” (The New York Times), “a gripping environmental thriller” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), “a crisp, hard-nosed probe into corporate arrogance and the power of public resistance” (Publishers Weekly), “required environmental reading” (The Philadelphia Inquirer), and "an absorbing and thoughtful navigation of our era of synthetic chemicals" (USA Today). ...more

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Average rating: 4.09 · 4,249 ratings · 570 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation 4.09 avg rating — 4,227 ratings — published 2013 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Toxic Deception: How the Chemical Industry Manipulates Science, Bends the Law and Endangers Your Health by Dan Fagin (Goodreads Author), Marianne Lavelle 3.91 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1997 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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May/June 2019 General Nonfiction Winner Poll

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee, 2011 Winner

13 votes, 25.0%

The Rising Sun: The Decline & Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-45 by John Toland, 1971 Winner

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Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama: The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution by Diane McWhorter, 2002 Winner

9 votes, 17.3%

Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence by Carl Sagan, 1978 Winner

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Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll, 2005 Winner

6 votes, 11.5%

Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation by Dan Fagin, 2014 Winner

4 votes, 7.7%

Ashes to Ashes: America's Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morris by Richard Kluger, 1997 Winner

2 votes, 3.8%

The Ants by Bert Hölldobler, 1991 Winner

1 vote, 1.9%

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