My book on the history of antibiotics, Dangerous Miracle, is out now.
Reviews
A Radio 4 Book of the Week; a Waterstones Best Popular Science Book of 2025; a Times Best Book of 2025
'Riveting...In combining the passion of Robert MacFarlane with the incisiveness of Patrick Radden Keefe, Shaw has announced himself as a brilliant new voice in science writing' – Rachel Clarke, The Spectator
'Succeeds brilliantly as an engaging and incisive history of antibiotics...the book is a triumph' – Science
'A concise, carefully wrought and engaging history’ – Times Literary Supplement
'A terrific history of antibiotics...superb. He demonstrates an unusual ability to make science seem not only accessible but also beautiful' – Literary Review
'With great precision Shaw unpicks the events that hastened this looming disaster...His lively history is a valiant attempt to shine a spotlight on the crisis' – Sunday Times
'[an] enthralling and wonderfully entertaining debut' – The Bookseller
'An eye-opening and thrilling account...This is not only an important history you never knew, it is also a vital call to arms to change the way that new drugs are discovered.' – Matthew Cobb
US: published by Simon & Schuster.
Links to order: Barnes and Noble, Books-A-Million, Bookshop.org, Target.
Current translations in progress: Polish, Italian, Russian.