Geoff Manaugh, Nicola Twilley

Until Proven Safe

The gripping history of quarantine, from the Black Death to the post-Covid future

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Produktbeschreibung

A riveting, thought-provoking and very timely account of the idea and the reality of quarantine around the world, examining not only the history but the implications of a system that our lives rely on.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pan Macmillan
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 191mm x 129mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 296g
• ISBN-13: 9781509867431
• ISBN-10: 1509867430
• Artikelnr.: 62634971

Autorenporträt

Geoff Manaugh is the author of the New York Times-bestselling book A Burglar¿s Guide to the City, as well as the architecture and technology website BLDGBLOG. He regularly writes for New York Times Magazine, Atlantic, The New Yorker, Wired, and many other publications. Nicola Twilley is cohost of the award-winning podcast Gastropod, which looks at food through the lens of history and science, and a frequent contributor to The New Yorker. Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley live in Los Angeles and are the co-authors of Until Proven Safe.

Rezensionen

Reads like a global safari of humanity's best-laid plans being never quite enough . . . [Manaugh and Twilley] are well-placed to tell the tale, weaving the spatial, social and scientific facets of medical isolation into an entertaining adventure. Oliver Wainwright Guardian