Bibliografische Daten
ISBN/EAN: 9780753558287
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: XIX, 357 S., 376 Zeichng.
Format (T/L/B): 2.4 x 19.8 x 12.7 cm
Einband: Paperback
Beschreibung
The most timely and informative history book you will read this year, tracing a century of pandemics, with a new chapter on COVID-19. Ever since the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic, scientists have dreamed of preventing catastrophic outbreaks of infectious disease. Yet, despite a century of medical progress, viral and bacterial disasters continue to take us by surprise, inciting panic and dominating news cycles. A history of global contagion from the Spanish flu to Covid-19.
