Thomas Hager

Thomas Hager is an award-winning author of books on the history of science and medicine, including The Alchemy of Air and Ten Drugs: How Plants, Powders and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine. He is a courtesy associate professor of journalism and communication at the University of Oregon.

Thomas Hager's Titles

Electric City The Lost History of Ford and Edison's American Utopia

Electric City

With vivid storytelling and deep historical insight, Electric Cityreveals how two titans of industry nearly reshaped Americaand how their failure...


Ten Drugs How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine

Ten Drugs

This wide-ranging and wildly entertaining book from award-winning science author Thomas Hager's explores how plants, powders, and pills have...