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Rabid

- A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus
Af: Monica Murphy, Bill Wasik Engelsk Paperback

Rabid

- A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus
Af: Monica Murphy, Bill Wasik Engelsk Paperback
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The most fatal virus known to science, rabies-a disease that spreads avidly from animals to humans-kills nearly one hundred percent of its victims once the infection takes root in the brain. In this critically acclaimed exploration, journalist Bill Wasik and veterinarian Monica Murphy chart four thousand years of the history, science, and cultural mythology of rabies. From Greek myths to zombie flicks, from the laboratory heroics of Louis Pasteur to the contemporary search for a lifesaving treatment, Rabid is a fresh and often wildly entertaining look at one of humankind''s oldest and most fearsome foes.

"A searing narrative."
-The New York Times

"In this keen and exceptionally well-written book, rife with surprises, narrative suspense and a steady flow of expansive insights, ''the world''s most diabolical virus'' conquers the unsuspecting reader''s imaginative nervous system. . . . A smart, unsettling, and strangely stirring piece of work."
-San Francisco Chronicle

"Fascinating. . . . Wasik and Murphy chronicle more than two millennia of myths and discoveries about rabies and the animals that transmit it, including dogs, bats and raccoons."
-The Wall Street Journal

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The most fatal virus known to science, rabies-a disease that spreads avidly from animals to humans-kills nearly one hundred percent of its victims once the infection takes root in the brain. In this critically acclaimed exploration, journalist Bill Wasik and veterinarian Monica Murphy chart four thousand years of the history, science, and cultural mythology of rabies. From Greek myths to zombie flicks, from the laboratory heroics of Louis Pasteur to the contemporary search for a lifesaving treatment, Rabid is a fresh and often wildly entertaining look at one of humankind''s oldest and most fearsome foes.

"A searing narrative."
-The New York Times

"In this keen and exceptionally well-written book, rife with surprises, narrative suspense and a steady flow of expansive insights, ''the world''s most diabolical virus'' conquers the unsuspecting reader''s imaginative nervous system. . . . A smart, unsettling, and strangely stirring piece of work."
-San Francisco Chronicle

"Fascinating. . . . Wasik and Murphy chronicle more than two millennia of myths and discoveries about rabies and the animals that transmit it, including dogs, bats and raccoons."
-The Wall Street Journal

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 288
ISBN-13: 9780143123576
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0143123572
Kategori: Social- & Kulturhistorie
Udg. Dato: 31 jul 2014
Længde: 19mm
Bredde: 203mm
Højde: 136mm
Forlag: Penguin Books Ltd
Oplagsdato: 31 jul 2014
Forfatter(e): Monica Murphy, Bill Wasik
Forfatter(e) Monica Murphy, Bill Wasik

Kategori Social- & Kulturhistorie

ISBN-13 9780143123576

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 288

Udgave

Længde 19mm

Bredde 203mm

Højde 136mm

Udg. Dato 31 jul 2014

Oplagsdato 31 jul 2014

Forlag Penguin Books Ltd