Nathan D. Wolfe

The Viral Storm

The Dawn of a New Pandemic Age

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examines how viruses like HIV, swine flu, and bird flu have almost wiped us out in the past - and may do so in the future. This title explores why modern life makes us so vulnerable to global pandemics, and what new technologies can do to prevent them.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books UK
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 240g
• ISBN-13: 9780141046518
• ISBN-10: 0141046511
• Artikelnr.: 36560512

Autorenporträt

Nathan Wolfe is the Lorry I. Lokey Visiting Professor in Human Biology at Stanford University and Director of Global Viral Forecasting, a pandemic early warning system which monitors the spillover of novel infectious agents from animals into humans. Wolfe has been published in or profiled by Nature, Science, The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Economist, Forbes and many others. Wolfe was the recipient of a Fulbright fellowship in 1997 and was awarded the National Institutes of Health (NIH) International Research Scientist Development Award in 1999 and the prestigious NIH Director's Pioneer Award in 2005.

Rezensionen

Nathan Wolfe is saving the world from near-inevitable pandemic ... a kick-ass book Mary Roach, author of Stiff