In “The Most Dangerous Beauty,” Michael Paterniti tells the story of the illustrious medical book Pernkopf’s anatomy and the effect it had on David Williams, a 58-year-old professor. Pernkopft’s anatomy is a book that harbors and reveals the most beautiful secrets of the human body. Illustrating the human body vividly and accurately, this medical book has become standard in a physicians library. The book, however, also reveals the dangerous secrets of WWII and the Nazis. The essay reveals how Williams, a supporter and illustrated for the book, had to deal with the criticisms and past history of such book. Through out the story, Williams was criticized about the origins of the book. Pernkopft’s was a known Nazi and this book was thought to have been based off of the bodies of deceased Jews from the holocaust. This sparked much criticism in this field making the book taboo. Williams was asked to finish a few final pages of such book. Because of this, he undergoes an internal argument of sorts with himself to assess the book and whether he should denounce the “blindingly beautiful” illustrations of the novel because of its past history. The essay is divided into different sections, each of which tells a different story. Each transition switches the perspective of the story told from David William, a 58 year old teacher, Pernkopf’s, author of the book and Franz Batke a scientist. With each section, a different part of the story is revealed and helps transition the next event. One section might explain the thorough and graphic nature of Pernkopf’s book while the next will explain William’s uses or reaction to such realism. This aspect of the essay proved to help explain key points of the story that would have otherwise not flowed with the essay. However, this style often times led to confusion in perspective.