The Viral Storm: The Dawn Of A New Pandemic Age
by Nathan Wolfe /
2011 / English / EPUB
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Dynamic young Stanford biologist Nathan Wolfe reveals the surprising origins of the world's most deadly viruses, and how we can overcome catastrophic pandemics.
In The Viral Storm, award-winning biologist Nathan Wolfe tells the story of how viruses and human beings have evolved side by side through history how deadly viruses like HIV, swine flu, and bird flu almost wiped us out in the past and why modern life has made our species vulnerable to the threat of a global pandemic.
Wolfe's research missions to the jungles of Africa and the rain forests of Borneo have earned him the nickname "the Indiana Jones of virus hunters," and here Wolfe takes readers along on his groundbreaking and often dangerous research tripsto reveal the surprising origins of the most deadly diseases and to explain the role that viruses have played in human evolution.
