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In 2020, the novel coronavirus gripped the world in a global pandemic and led to the death of hundreds of thousands. The source of the previously unknown virus? Bats. This phenomenonin which a new pathogen comes to humans from wildlifeis known as spillove
Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction and A New York Times Notable Book of 2018. Our understanding of the tree of life, with powerful implications for human genetics, human health and our own human nature, has recently completely changed.
**A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 and FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2023** *Shortlisted for the Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize 2023* From the author of Spillover , the book that predicted the pandemic, Breathless is the story of Covid-19 a
Read this gripping, timely book about the transmission of deadly viruses from animal to human populations, and how we can fight the current Covid-19 pandemic. WITH A NEW AFTERWORD ON CORONAVIRUS As globalization spreads and as we destroy the ancient ecosy
Twenty-one years passed between Charles Darwin's epiphany that "natural selection" formed the basis of evolution and the scientist's publication of On the Origin of Species. Why did Darwin delay, and what happened during the course of th
The real story of AIDS-how it originated with a virus in a chimpanzee, jumped to one human, and then infected more than 60 million people-is very different from what most of us think we know. Recent research has revealed dark surprises and yielded a radic
In 1976 a deadly virus emerged from the Congo forest. As swiftly as it came, it disappeared, leaving no trace. Over the four decades since, Ebola has emerged sporadically, each time to devastating effect. It can kill up to 90 percent of its victims. In be
Der tödliche Sprung vom Tier zum Menschen Lebensbedrohende Infektionskrankheiten wie AIDS, Ebola, Virusgrippen, SARS und aktuell Covid-19 können sich dank der Globalisierung schnell über große Räume verbreiten und Epidemien oder gar Pandemien auslösen. Ih
National Book Award finalist Breathless tells the story of the worldwide scientific race to decipher the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, trace its source, and make possible the vaccines to fight the Covid-19 pandemic-- a "l uminous, passionate account of the
In this New York Times bestseller and longlist nominee for the National Book Award, "our greatest living chronicler of the natural world" ( The New York Times ), David Quammen explains how recent discoveries in molecular biology affect our under
Why have island ecosystems always suffered such high rates of extinction? In our age, with all the world's landscapes, from Tasmania to the Amazon to Yellowstone, now being carved into island-like fragments by human activity, the implications of this
Best-selling author David Quammen takes readers on a breathtaking journey through America's most inspiring and imperilled ecosystem - Yellowstone National Park. Filled with amazing images captured by eight National Geographic photographers over an ext
The story of the worldwide scientific quest to decipher the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, trace its source, and make possible the vaccines to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. Breathless is the story of SARS-CoV-2 and its fierce journey through the human population,