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-Some scientists, for more than two decades, warned that "the next big one" would be caused by a changeable new virus--very possibly a coronavirus--but such warnings were ignored for political or economic reasons
-The precise origins of this virus may not be known for years, but some clues are compelling, and some suppositions can be dismissed
-And much more Written by "one of our finest explainers of the natural world for decades" (Chicago Tribune), this "compelling and terrifying" (The New York Times) account is an unparalleled look inside the frantic international race to understand and control SARS-CoV-2--and what it might mean for the next potential global health crisis.
Sin Aliento / Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus - Paperback
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by David Quammen (Author)
La apasionante crónica de la carrera contrarreloj para descifrar el SARS-CoV-2 y frenar una pandemia devastadora.
Finalista del National Book Award
«Unacrónica iluminadora y apasionada de la crisis que ha definido nuestro tiempo .--The New York Times
-Some scientists, for more than two decades, warned that "the next big one" would be caused by a changeable new virus--very possibly a coronavirus--but such warnings were ignored for political or economic reasons
-The precise origins of this virus may not be known for years, but some clues are compelling, and some suppositions can be dismissed
-And much more Written by "one of our finest explainers of the natural world for decades" (Chicago Tribune), this "compelling and terrifying" (The New York Times) account is an unparalleled look inside the frantic international race to understand and control SARS-CoV-2--and what it might mean for the next potential global health crisis.
Author Biography
David Quammen (Cincinatti, 1948) es un escritor estadounidense apasionado de la ciencia y la naturaleza. Ha escrito 15 libros acerca de temas que van desde los virus y epidemias hasta las relaciones del hombre con la naturaleza, la teoría de la evolución de Darwin y los procesos naturales. Su vocación por la divulgación científica le ha permitido escribir en medios como Outside, National Geographic, Rolling Stone y The New York Times.
Su obra Spillover (W.W. Norton & Company, 2012), sobre las enfermedades transmitidas por los animales (zoonosis), fue finalista en 2013 del PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. Su producción literaria no se limita a la difusión de la ciencia, también destacan sus libros de ficción: To walk the line (Knopf, 1970), The Soul of Viktor Tronko (Dell, 1988), en el contexto de la Guerra Fría, Blood Line: Stories of Fathers and Sons (Johnson Books, 2000), entre otros.
Number of Pages: 448
Dimensions: 1.6 x 9 x 5.9 IN
Publication Date: August 22, 2023