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Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including ...
Type
Field Guide
ISBN
9780385484268

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0385484267
ISBN-13
9780385484268
eBay Product ID (ePID)
144589

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Field Guide to Germs
Publication Year
1996
Subject
Microbiology, Life Sciences / Bacteriology
Type
Textbook
Author
Wayne Biddle
Subject Area
Science, Medical
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
6.3 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
96-013621
TitleLeading
A
Reviews
"Informative and compelling"--The New York Times "Witty, acerbic, and thorough . . . eminently entertaining."--Booklist
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
616/.01
Synopsis
From the ravages of the Ebola virus in Zaire to outbreaks of pneumonic plague in India and drug-resistant TB in New York City, contagious diseases are fighting back against once-unconquerable modern medicine. Public concern about infectious disease is on the rise as newspapers trumpet the arrivals of new germs and the reemergence of old ones. In A Field Guide to Germs, Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer Wayne Biddle brings readers face to face with nearly one hundred of the best-known (in terms of prevalence, power, historical importance, or even literary interest) of the myriad pathogens that live in and around the human population. Along with physical descriptions of the organisms and the afflictions they cause, the author provides folklore, philosophy, history, and such illustrations as nineteenth century drawings of plague-induced panic, microscopic photographs of HIV and Ebola, and wartime posters warning servicemen against syphilis and gonorrhea. From cholera to chlamydia, TB to HIV, bubonic plague to Lyme disease, rabies to Congo-Crimean encephalitis, anthrax to Zika fever, and back to good old rhinitis (the common cold), A Field Guide to Germs is both a handy reference work to better understand today's headlines and a fascinating look at the astonishing impact of micro-organisms on social and political history.
LC Classification Number
QR46. B47 1996

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