Flu - 9781417618019
Un libro in lingua di Gina Kolata edito da Turtleback Books, 2001
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When we think of plagues, we think of AIDS, Ebola, anthrax spores, and, of course, the Black Death. But in 1918 the Great Flu Epidemic killed an estimated 40 million people virtually overnight. If such a plague returned today, taking a comparable percentage of the U.S. population with it, 1.5 million Americans would die.
In Flu, Gina Kolata, an acclaimed reporter for The New York Times, unravels the mystery of this lethal virus with the high drama of a great adventure story. From Alaska to Norway, from the streets of Hong Kong to the corridors of the White House, Kolata tracks the race to recover the live pathogen and probes the fear that has impelled government policy.
A gripping work of science writing, Flu addresses the prospects for a great epidemic's recurrence and considers what can be done to prevent it.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Flu
- Sottotitolo: The Story Of The Great Influenza Pandemic Of 1918 And The Search For The Vi
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Gina Kolata
- Editore: Turtleback Books
- Collana: Turtleback Books (Prebind)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 01 Gennaio '01
- Genere: SCIENCE
- Argomenti : Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 Influenza History 20th century
- Peso gr: 453
- Dimensioni mm: 209 x 139 x 31
- ISBN-10: 1417618019
- EAN-13: 9781417618019