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  • Fatal Jump

    Tracking the Origins of Pandemics

    de Leslie Reperant ...
    Exploring the fateful chains of events that gave rise to humanity's infectious diseases and pandemics.Why do global pandemics materialize? To address this question, we must delve into the world of pathogens that transcend their original host species and jump into new ones. Most pathogens fail to initiate infection or spread in the population when they jump. Only a few sustain onward chains of ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

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  • Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

    Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

    de David Quammen ...
    A masterpiece of science reporting that tracks the animal origins of emerging human diseases.The emergence of strange new diseases is a frightening problem that seems to be getting worse. In this age of speedy travel, it threatens a worldwide pandemic. We hear news reports of Ebola, SARS, AIDS, and something called Hendra killing horses and people in Australia—but those reports miss the big truth ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • The Viral Storm

    The Dawn of a New Pandemic Age

    de Nathan Wolfe ...
    "One of the world's foremost virus hunters" ( Financial Times), Stanford University biologist Nathan Wolfe reveals the origins of the world's most deadly diseases and how we can combat and stop contagions.A "mix of biology, history, medicine, and first-hand experience [that] is potent and irresistible,"* The Viral Storm: The Dawn of a New Pandemic Age shares information Wolfe uncovered on his ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Plagues Upon the Earth

    Disease and the Course of Human History

    de Kyle Harper ...
    Series series The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
    A sweeping germ’s-eye view of history from human origins to global pandemicsPlagues Upon the Earth is a monumental history of humans and their germs. Weaving together a grand narrative of global history with insights from cutting-edge genetics, Kyle Harper explains why humanity’s uniquely dangerous disease pool is rooted deep in our evolutionary past, and why its growth is accelerated by ... Leer más

    $21.59 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Deadly Companions

    How Microbes Shaped our History

    de Dorothy H. Crawford ...
    Series series Oxford Landmark Science
    Ever since we started huddling together in communities, the story of human history has been inextricably entwined with the story of microbes. They have evolved and spread amongst us, shaping our culture through infection, disease, and pandemic. At the same time, our changing human culture has itself influenced the evolutionary path of microbes. Dorothy H. Crawford here shows that one cannot be ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Pandemics

    What Everyone Needs to Know®

    de Peter C. Doherty ...
    Series series What Everyone Needs To Know®
    Pandemics. The word conjures up images of horrific diseases sweeping the globe and killing everyone in their path. But such highly lethal illnesses almost never create pandemics. The reality is deadly serious but far more subtle. In Pandemics: What Everyone Needs to Know®, Peter Doherty, who won the Nobel Prize for his work on how the immune system recognizes virus-infected cells, offers an ... Leer más

    $10.49 USD

  • Pump

    A Natural History of the Heart

    de Bill Schutt ...
    "Fascinating . . . Surprising entertainment, combining deep learning with dad jokes . . . [Schutt] is a natural teacher with an easy way with metaphor.”—The Wall Street JournalIn this lively, unexpected look at the hearts of animals—from fish to bats to humans—American Museum of Natural History zoologist Bill Schutt tells an incredible story of evolution and scientific progress.We join Schutt on a ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

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  • Infectious Disease: A Very Short Introduction

    de Marta Wayne, Benjamin Bolker ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    As doctors and biologists have learned, to their dismay, infectious disease is a moving target: new diseases emerge every year, old diseases evolve into new forms, and ecological and socioeconomic upheavals change the transmission pathways by which disease spread. By taking an approach focused on the general evolutionary and ecological dynamics of disease, this Very Short Introduction provides a ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • Animal Viruses and Humans, a Narrow Divide

    How Lethal Zoonotic Viruses Spill Over and Threaten Us

    de Warren A. Andiman ...
    “Dr. Andiman was at the forefront of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in America, so he knows as well as anyone the disrupting power of new viruses and their impact on human societies.”—Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine“To reproduce promiscuously and to wreak havoc wherever they can find a home,” this is the sole raison d'être of viruses writes Dr. ... Leer más

    $7.95 USD

  • Virus Hunt

    The search for the origin of HIV/AIDs

    de Dorothy H. Crawford ...
    The hunt for the origin of the AIDS virus began over twenty years ago. It was a journey that went around the world and involved painstaking research to unravel how, when, and where the virus first infected humans. Dorothy H. Crawford traces the story back to the remote rain forests of Africa - home to the primates that carry the ancestral virus - and reveals how HIV-1 first jumped from chimpanzees ... Leer más

    $14.29 USD

  • Their Fate Is Our Fate

    How Birds Foretell Threats to Our Health and Our World

    de Peter Doherty ...
    At the heart of this book by Nobel Prize–winning immunologist and professor Peter Doherty is this striking observation: Birds detect danger to our health and the environment before we do. Following a diverse cast of bird species around the world—from tufted puffins in Puget Sound to griffon vultures in India, pigeons in East Asia, and wedge-tailed shearwaters off the islands of Australia's Great ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Viruses

    A Very Short Introduction

    de Dorothy H. Crawford ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Viruses are everywhere, and as the COVID-19 pandemic has shown, cannot be ignored. From their discovery to the unravelling of their intricate structures, this Very Short Introduction provides a rounded and concise account of the nature of viruses, how they attack their hosts, and the efforts to control them. In this new edition, Dorothy H. ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro