Charles Piller

Charles Piller is an American investigative journalist and author who writes for Science magazine as of 2024. He has published books on the history of both biological warfare and Alzheimer’s disease.

Books in order of publication:

Gene Wars: Military Control over the New Genetic Technologies (with Keith R. Yamamoto), 1988, Beech Tree Books.

The Fail-Safe Society: Community Defiance and the End of American Technological Optimism, 1993, University of California Press.

Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s – 2025