Stuart Blume is Emeritus Professor of Science and Technology Studies at the University of Amsterdam. Educated at Oxford University, he has previously worked at the University of Sussex, the London School of Economics and in Whitehall.
'a fascinating history of vaccination and its troubles' - Times Higher Education 'Blume grapples with the hot-button topic of immunization programs and public resistance to them in this persuasive, challenging chronicle of how vaccines improved human health - and the pharmaceutical industry's bottom line . . . Blume's crucial history illustrates that vaccines have saved countless lives, but they must win the confidence of those who don't recognize their universal benefit.' - Publishers Weekly 'In his thought-provoking book, Stuart Blume carefully explains how exactly vaccines protect the human body, before going on to explore the worrying phenomenon that has come to be dubbed vaccine hesitancy - the reluctance of some parents to have their children vaccinated.' - Manjit Kumar, Prospect magazine