Richard Conniff

Gebundenes Buch

Ending Epidemics

A History of Escape from Contagion

Beschreibung

"From the discovery of microorganisms to the end of smallpox, the story of how we came to understand the infectious diseases that once killed us & how we might escape such diseases in the future"--

Autor

Richard Conniff is a National Magazine Award-winning writer for Smithsonian magazine, The Atlantic, National Geographic, and other publications, and a past Guggenheim Fellow. Among his many books are The Species Seekers: Heroes, Fools, and the Mad Pursuit of Life on Earth; Swimming with Piranhas at Feeding Time: My Life Doing Dumb Stuff with Animals; The Natural History of the Rich: A Field Guide; and, most recently, House of Lost Worlds: Dinosaurs, Dynasties, and the Story of Life on Earth. Conniff has been a commentator on NPR's Marketplace and a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 163mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 716g
• ISBN-13: 9780262047968
• ISBN-10: 0262047969
• Artikelnr.: 65337689