One of the greatest Italian researchers of all time, Giulio Tarro,

is the protagonist of this long interview on the key themes of his adventure as a man, a doctor, and a scientist.

The result is a unique portrait of a passionate seeker of truth who, a proud heir to the great lesson of his mentor Albert Sabin, made the combination of Medicine and Humanism his reason for living: that “engine of History” which, through discoveries such as the cholera vibrio, that of the obscure disease that decimated children, but more recently the discovery of genetic testing as an indispensable prevention in the event of pandemics, has saved millions of lives around the world.

It is not just the story of a life in the service of Science and Humanity. This book is much more: it is a precious treasure for future generations of researchers, to whom it delivers the most important lesson: to have only one master, the search for truth, even at the risk of being considered heretical, without ever bowing to the logic of the baronies that too often privilege economic and academic interests over the common good, the cornerstone and ultimate goal of research.