Dorothy H. Crawford (Professor of Medical Microbiology and Assistan

Broschiertes Buch

Deadly Companions

How Microbes Shaped our History

Beschreibung

The story of human history has been inextricably entwined with the story of microbes. Combining tales of devastating epidemics with accessible science and fascinating history, Deadly Companions reveals how closely microbes have evolved with us over the millennia, shaping human culture through infection, disease, and deadly pandemic.

Autor

Dorothy H Crawford was Professor of Medical Microbiology at the University of Edinburgh from 1997-2010 and Assistant Principal for Public Understanding of Medicine from 2005-2011. She was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2001 and received an OBE for services to medicine and higher education in 2005. She is the author of The Invisible Enemy (OUP, 2000); Virus Hunt (OUP, 2013); Viruses: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2011); and Ebola (OUP, 2016)

Produktdetails

• Oxford Landmark Science
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 131mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 206g
• ISBN-13: 9780198815440
• ISBN-10: 0198815441
• Artikelnr.: 49206155