Secret Agents: The Menace of Emerging Infections - Couverture rigide

Drexler, Madeline

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0309076382 ISBN 13 : 9780309076388

Editeur : Henry (Joseph) Press, 2002

Synopsis

Secret Agents The war on germs is being fought on various fronts - from the skirmishes with disease-carrying mosquitoes that cross oceans hidden away in airline wheel wells to the high-profile battle against terrorists wielding deadly bioweapons. This book looks at infections and tells the stories of scientists racing to catch up with invisible adversaries. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

As timely as it is urgent, the well-researched book from veteran science journalist Madeline Drexler delivers a compelling report about today's most ominous infections disease threats. Focusing on a different danger in each chapter-from the looming risk of lethal influenza to in-depth information on the public health perils posed by bioterrorism-Drexler takes readers straight to the front lines, where scientists are racing to catch nearly invisible adversaries superior in speed and guile. Drawing on a powerful combination of fresh research and surprising history, she warns us that the most ceaselessly creative bioterrorist is still Mother Nature, whose microbial operatives are all around us, ready to ounce whenever conditions are right.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Madeline Drexler is a science and medical journalist. Formerly a medical columnist for The Boston Globe Magazine, she was a 1996-1997 Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT. She was awarded the 1992 International Biomedical Science Journalism Prize by the General Motors Cancer Research Foundation. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times, The American Prospect, Self, Good Housekeeping, and many other national publications.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Henry (Joseph) Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0309076382
• ISBN 13: 9780309076388
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 326