Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs

Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs

Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs is a professor of medicine emerita at Stanford University. She is the author of two critically acclaimed books, Jonas Salk: A Life and Henry Kaplan and the Story of Hodgkin’s Disease.

Books

90 Seconds to Midnight by Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs

90 Seconds to Midnight by Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs

Forthcoming | June 2025 | 90 Seconds to Midnight by Charlotte Decroes Jacobs tells the story of Setsuko Nakamura Thurlow, who, after surviving the atomic bombing of Hiroshima at thirteen, dedicated her life to warning the world of nuclear devastation’s horrors. Her relentless advocacy helped shape the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, leading to a historic global ban.