The man in the monkeynut coat is a witty biography about a renowned scientist with a forgotten role in the history of DNA.

The most famous ‘forgotten scientist’ linked to the discovery of the double helix in 1953 is, of course, Rosalind Franklin. She gained her own book in 2002 with The dark lady of DNA and thus the recognition she deserved. But apparently we have overlooked another scientist. Author Kersten T. Hall corrects this omission in The man in the monkeynut coat. He did so in 2014, by the way, but the just-released version has some additions on the covid pandemic.